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I sometimes hear people say - mostly in different tech forums - that games in the 'old days' were better. Since I've been around since these 'old days', gaming wise, I will tell you about my own thoughts about this topic.When I started to play games back in '82, it was on my brothers Spectrum ZX. I don't remember much about the game to that platform, and the only memory I have, was of a math program he programmed in order to learn me some of the basics. At that time, I was 5 years old. Soon he got a C64, I believe it was in '83 or '84, and even though I was only 6-7 years old, that computer became a revelation. I learned how to play proper computer games. The first two games i remember was Hunchback and Frogger. Soon thereafter games like Blue Max, Paradroid and Pit Fall followed. At... Read more »

Well, it had to happen.The point where I got tired of the big upgrading show PC gaming has turned into, and finally I made the decisive move to throw in the towel.I'm selling my enthusiast gaming system, and instead buying a gaming capable laptop with decent specs, but a far cry from the enthusiast level PC I've been working on for the last many years. Actually, the last pre-built PC I've bought was back in 1998, since then I've been upgrading. Constantly.I guess buying a laptop will ensure I don't fall for the temptation to buy even more hardware I don't need, in order to play games, that simply will be more fun on the 40" screen in my living room (in my case, on the Xbox360)A laptop is, per definition, more practical and flexible, consumes less power and - if you are careful - will... Read more »