I had some other thoughts for the title of this blog post: “PC Parts Aren’t Disappearing—The Media Just Wants You to Think They Are” “Fear Sells: How Games Media Helped Justify 100% PC Part Markups” “Stop Paying Panic Prices: The Truth About DIY PC Costs Right Now” “This Isn’t a Shortage—It’s a Narrative (And It’sContinue reading “Microcenter Isn’t the Victim—They’re the Scalper Now”
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Has Building PCs Gotten Boring? A Look Back at Where We Were
Last night on the first episode of Rounding Off Infinity – Talking About Games, an audience member asked me how I got to running multiple PCs in the studio / lab. As I’ve been walking back through that history over the last 24 hours, mentality putting together the script to convey that story, it struckContinue reading “Has Building PCs Gotten Boring? A Look Back at Where We Were”
I’m Out; Transition to PC Complete
It’s been under consideration for the last four years or so. Really even longer than that. When I built my first gaming PC, back in 1999, I asked myself a few months later why I would ever have a need to play on console ever again. In truth, I only kept my original PlayStation aroundContinue reading “I’m Out; Transition to PC Complete”
Rounding Off Infinity 