Show us your gaming areas

[Shavnir]

or schild will break my kneecaps 

Here's mine : (sorry that its messy)



A bit on the spare side but keep in mind I had 3 suitcases to work with for 10 months of living when I came here.  So...what does yours look like?

[schild]

We have housekeepers that deal with the "carpet problem." That problem being everything from ash to full pizzas, just sitting there. On the carpet. Exposed.

[Quinton]

The consoles are all in the livingroom which is not very presentable right now (and I have no idea how to get a picture of them on the coffee table, the couch, and the TV in one shot reasonably).  But here's the front bedroom / office where the PC gaming goes on from time to time:

[bhodi]

schild likes ikea, I see -- mine will be up soon.

Why no synergy, Quinton?

[schild]

schild likes ikea, I see -- mine will be up soon.

Of course. Who doesn't? That shit has clean lines and can take a beating.

Like a supermodel. HO HO WICKED BURN.

[Strazos]

If I had webspace, I would make a picture. You'd all laugh.

I don't know which would be funnier; the space, the old TV, or the Dust.

[schild]

Use imageshack you donkeyfucker.

[Calantus]

Picture a laptop, a mouse pad, a modem, and a glass of water on an otherwise empty desk. It's not worth a picture, trust me. Plus I don't even know if we have a camera, and if we do it's not digital and I have no scanner. I have a webcam... but it's embedded into my laptop so wouldn't do much good in this instance.

[Trippy]

Picture a laptop, a mouse pad, a modem, and a glass of water on an otherwise empty desk. It's not worth a picture, trust me. Plus I don't even know if we have a camera, and if we do it's not digital and I have no scanner. I have a webcam... but it's embedded into my laptop so wouldn't do much good in this instance.

A handheld mirror might work, though you might have to manually adjust the focus if it allows for that.

[Viin]

The consoles are all in the livingroom which is not very presentable right now (and I have no idea how to get a picture of them on the coffee table, the couch, and the TV in one shot reasonably).  But here's the front bedroom / office where the PC gaming goes on from time to time:

Is that a scanner or oscilloscope or what on that other table below the map?

Here's a crappy picture of my office, at least one side of it.

[schild]

How do you like having the 360 on a monitor?

[pxib]

This is fun, a picture is forthcoming... I must borrow a digital camera from one of my friends.

[In the meantime imagine a squat, single-drawer sewing table from the turn of the last century, upon which sits a stereo amplifier from circa 1983. Atop that, and around it, are scattered playing cards, unopened mail, CDs, nail clippers, and other utilitarian trash. Beside that mess, stand a glowing blue XBLADE tower and a CRT monitor the size of a microwave oven. The latter is decorated with bird stickers and has a gaping hole where one of its buttons should be, but I can't complain because I only paid $5.00 for it. Honestly I'm not sure a camera will do justice to the antique filth which frames my PC.]

[Strazos]

I can to find a camera, and then the appropriate cable.

My room is very small, and very messy.

[Etro]

This my home away from home setup. No consoles i'm afraid 

My gaming rig is the bottom right antec case, the other desktop is fodder for diskspace and the lappy solely runs a ventrilo client (efficient i know!).

[Viin]

How do you like having the 360 on a monitor?

I think it works great. Since my monitor is widescreen and high resolution, I get the full effect just not on a bigger screen. The only thing that annoys me is that I can only hook up with a VGA cable (not HDMI). The only other options on this monitor would be SVideo or single-jack composite.

[Strazos]

When we moved in, I got the small room. Not sure if you can tell. 







Yeah, I need more space. And yes, that desk lamp is the only source of light in my room. Heh.

[Quinton]

Is that a scanner or oscilloscope or what on that other table below the map?

It's a HP1670E logic analyzer.  There's a more elderly HP1661A under the table. The oscilloscope is out on loan to a friend at the moment.

The "project" table is a total mess.  Haven't had time to screw around with small electronics stuff in too long and it has just accumulated a bunch of junk.

-Q

[schild]

Straz, you don't need more space. You just need more efficient furniture and a touch of the gay.

Edit: If I can find pictures of my dorm room, you'd shit your pants.

[Strazos]

You can't fit anything else in there. It's about efficient as you're going to get.

Though, shelves would be nice, on the wall that you can't see. Part of the problem is that the wall behind my PC and 23 year old TV is the end of our condo unit. There are no outlets on that wall. Heck, I'm not even sure you could drill deep into it, as I'm not sure what it's made of.

Also, you can't see the pile of clothes next to the door. The pile of Clean clothes, because I don't have any more space in the drawers or closet.

[Signe]

Boy's dorm rooms smell like beer, farts and feet.  Eww.  No one would probably even notice if he shit his pants.

[MrHat]

Signe, yer new avatar is hot, but I'm afraid of fully acknowledging it in case it's Tara Reid.

[SnakeCharmer]

Interesting thread...If my wife can locate our digital camera (seeing as she had it last), I'll post mine. 

@ Viin:  What did you do for sound for your 360 after running the vid to your monitor?

@ Strazos:  Jeebus, man.  I couldn't handle that.

@ Schild:  Jumpin' Jesus On A Pogo Stick!!!  a)  I can't imagine your powerbill a month    b)  I imagine your neighbors hate you (if you live in an apartment)   c)  it looks pretty much exactly as I figured it would

@ Etro:  That's a sweet looking keyboard.  What is that?  I'm using (and in love with) a G15 right now, but I'd like something like that to go with my other comp.

[schild]

Etro's keyboard is the Saitek Gamer Keyboard. Unmistakably.

I live in a 3,000 sq.ft. house. Arizona is cheap. That was my bedroom. I suppose I could take more pictures. Fear the incoming.

[Viin]

@ Viin:  What did you do for sound for your 360 after running the vid to your monitor?

Well, I run it to my soundcard on my PC and then that pipes it to my computer speakers (so the PC has to be on). There's an amp I use for my CD player/XM Radio (you can kinda see it on the back wall in my picture) but I didn't have a long enough female->male composite audio cable. The VGA cable for the 360 comes with an adapter to turn the two audio cables into a standard stereo jack.

[Strazos]

It amuses me how everything in Schild's room is perfectly clean, and everything is in its place.

My room? Pfft, you Could Not Pay Me to keep it in such a condition. I try to clean it up from time to time, I really do....but then I need this piece of software, or I pull something out of a box from when I moved in more than a year ago, and eventually the condition of the room just devolves back into what you see here.

(And I cleaned up slightly before taking the picture.  )

[schild]

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1. Where the magic happens. As in, f13 magic.

2. A closeup of what happens after a week like this one. Where all I do is sit at the desk, interview, and proofread those interviews. Literally, I took 2 days off of work and still didn't have a chance to get it in order.

3. Computer games, small standees (other than the FFXII one obviously), strategy guides, anime, miscellaneous autographed goods.

4. Living room. We don't do jack shit in there. TV in my room is bigger and the couch isn't comfortable enough for real gaming.

5. One half of my walk-in closet. The part without the clothes.

6. What flanks the front door when you come in. Soon there will be a Resistance one and I'll have it even on both sides so I can put the FFXII one back out.

See, all the actual gaming shit, clean as can be. Everything else. Pig sty. Priorities people, priorities.

[SnakeCharmer]

Haha!  I had you pegged for a neat freak all the way around.

Viin, is this the cable you're using?

[schild]

 Yes, I use that on my 360 and LCD also.

[SnakeCharmer]

Any complaints?

[Phildo]

Schild, I love that you have a picture of yourself browsing your own posts on F13.  Brilliant.

[schild]

SnakeCharmer: No. It's quite good. I'd use the component connection instead of VGA if I had the HDDVD Player though. The VGA connection seems to have less color depth (or is a little washed out).

That's this thread jackhole! Comments about cleanliness prompted me to add the mess.

Anyway, let's see your new room.

[Etro]

Etro's keyboard is the Saitek Gamer Keyboard. Unmistakably.

Its actually a Saitek Eclipse, doesn't have the additional keypad but the keys are laser etched so the backlight shines through the letters too. Apart from that you were pretty much spot on.

[Selby]

My mess.  I recently moved out of this room and into another, so just imagine the walls orange and not blue\grey and you'll find it hasn't changed much.





Yes, the rotary phone is the one I use and it works just fine.  It doesn't ring, but that isn't a bad thing.

[SnakeCharmer]

I think I'm the only person that cannot stand a keyboard that is tilted up....

[Megrim]

Nah, i always have mine set as flat as possible. Also, i really need to get a digital camera or something.