PC Gaming?

[LocalToast]

I was wondering, does anybody play any current PC games? I like playing some every now and then. Lately I've been playing Team Fortress 2, Left 4 Dead, Call of Duty 5, and Far Cry 2, among others.

I suck at Counter-Strike and Quake, which is what a lot of people play. My excuse? I grew up on consoles and only played educational games on the computer as a kid, so I never played those games while they were new. (And age restrictions) I built my computer in January and it's pretty good, so I've been playing mostly recent games.

[nintendodork]

I play Halo, Guitar Hero, and Spore.

[turbo D]

quake 4 is hard for me online. I would probably do better if I had a better machine and connection. I also play doom 3 online a lot; though not as much as I used to. Since I got a ps3, I've been doing all my online fps gaming on it. I do have a killer mouse/keyboard combo on my pc: the Razer Copperhead and Tarantula! Ya, who wants to get fragged. lol, j/k.

[Byron]

The last time I did a lot of computer gaming, it was on an Apple one with eight inch floppies.

Ah, the good old days, when floppy disks were actually floppy...

[Blue Protoman]

I much prefer console gaming.  All the hardware is uniform, so your game is guaranteed to work.

[Trium Shockwave]

Agreed. I never got into PC gaming even when I was a PC user. Too much work, too much money. I much prefer to just put the game in and have it run.

[Rogles]

Touhou Project.
http://www16.big.or.jp/~zun/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touhou_Project

That's hardcore. The twelfth game will be released in August of this year. All of this is made by one man, the music, coding, graphics, everything.

[PatMan33]

Yo, I'm primarily a PC gamer. Lately I've been fussing around with Deus Ex but I try to get a good game of TF2 in every now and again.

[Blue Protoman]

I once bought Crazy Machines 2.  It didn't work. 

[LocalToast]

PC gaming isn't really that difficult, hardware-wise. Just buy good stuff that will last you a while. Most games aren't really that hardware-intensive, unless you want really good results. You can build a decent computer for a decent price, and not only will you have a platform for gaming, but for media, Internet, apps, work, etc...

Has anyone else seen the difference between Left 4 Dead on the 360 and L4D on the PC (all high settings)? The 360 version looks like a PS1 game.

[Blue Protoman]

Some of us don't have the money, space, patience, skills, or time to build or buy a computer.

[LocalToast]

That's understandable. In February of last year I went to a LAN party randomly, not knowing much about computers or the world of PC gaming... at all. I read up on stuff for the rest of the year and eventually learned what I need and how to put it all together. You'd be surprised at how easy it is to put together a computer, but there are some pretty nerve-wracking moments. All in all I'm glad I did, even though it did put me back quite a sum of money. I needed a new computer anyway.

[Blue Protoman]

Also, PCs become obsolete surprisingly quickly.  Game consoles last longer.

[manuel]

That is the reason why I don't game on the PC.
Most games won't run properly on my machine anyways.  I don't want to mess with installs, settings and other tedious stuff. I like to "put game in, swicth machine on, play".

[LocalToast]

The PC has its advantages and so does a console. I'm not particular to either over another, but I do use my computer more. I just find it to be very versatile.