Gaming room (It's a geeks paradise)

[mockney piers]

Finally something for Wii owners that isn't bowling or golf

http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=617

video at bottom looks quite good

[SeanMacGabhann]

it looks very lovely - but will it play ok? Expectation is high for this one

Have we got more than 2 people on here who could make up a Halo3 clan btw?

[mockney piers]

clan

Now we're getting really geeky ;-)

Yeah, anyone else play? Anyone ... anyone .... Bu...

[Floating Onion]

No xbox.

No internet right now, but that's a different problem!!

[Brendan]

How do you guys manage to maintain relationships and social lives as well as play games? Oh and also work in-between?

I have to limit myself to playing games I know are boring because otherwise I get so completely roped in I forget to do things like eat, sleep and speak to people.

I have been fighting off the temptation to join my friends on WoW for the last year. That and to get an Xbox 360 so I can see what Test Drive Unlimited is like online.

[SeanMacGabhann]

* young Brendan sounds like he needs just the tiniest push and we have him *

[mockney piers]

WoW is a bit of a life eater, I have to ban myself from MMORPGs, but the likes pf Halo 3 and Project gotham can be quite quick hit experiences.

Plus the missus has been living abroad during the week for most of the year, and gaming helps to keep me out of the pub.

[Brendan]

The thing that scares me about WoW is how I got completely sucked into the Baldur?s Gate games a few years back. My girlfriend actually broke up with me and I didn?t notice. From what I?ve heard WoW is far more addictive than Baldur?s Gate ever was.

[Floating Onion]

I do conciously avoid the MMORPGs because I would likely get too addicted.

One thing that has kept me out of too much trouble lately is not having a decent enough PC to run the games I want properly. Otherwise I suspect I might end up single again!

[mockney piers]

There's an end in sight with Baldurs Gate, likewise Oblivion.

Some of the guys I played WoW with (I played for about 14 months, gave up almost 2 years ago) are still playing most evenings to this day.

I'd love to call them sad, but then I remember what those 14 moths were like. (great btw)

[SeanMacGabhann]

Yep, echoing Piers' words, with the current crop of console games it's possible to dip in as and when opportunity arises

I so know how badly a WoW type game would impact on mine and other's lives I daren't

[mockney piers]

ok, it's not a game, but how's this for wireless browsing down the pub, 3.5" internet pc in a beanbag for a hundred quid

Got to be better then poncing on your viao in public like nathan barley surely.

http://www.chumby.com/story

 

[Brendan]

?Sorry guys. I know, I know, I?m browsing the internet in the pub. But it?s ok because my computer is also a stuffed toy.?

[mockney piers]

you see, you see, you understand!! :)

[Floating Onion]

Hey! Some of us plebs need internet in the pub right now!

I'm pretty sad when it comes to gadgets, but I don't think I could ever stoop to browsing on a stuffed toy.

[mockney piers]

It'll fare better when a pint is spilt on it or you knock it off the table on to the unforgiving victorian tiles.

fair/fare?

[Brendan]

Fares fair.

[mockney piers]

hare here hair

[mockney piers]

http://www.londongamesfestival.co.uk//Home.aspx

[SeanMacGabhann]

oooh oooh and I'm off work!! Gor bless you MP, sir

[char1ie]

I love the look of the modern console and PC stuff and spent some time playing (getting sucked in to) Gran Tourismo 4 last year, but TBH I never really got past the classics:

Charlie

*edited for neatness*

[mockney piers]

Aaah, now there's something that really does bring a tear to the eye!! *sniffs*

[Keef]

I used to love the "Afterburner" arcade machine that you sat in!

[blinder999]

I was overjoyed to find Daytona USA in a French campsite last year:

http://www.oao.co.uk/games/video/daytona.jpg

[Brendan]

Double Dragon anyone?