The week in your words: Hacking, music, and games

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Posted on 20 Jun 2008 at 18:02

"What a pointless article," notes Alexander, rather defeating his point on pointlessness by responding at all. "Yet another trip to the PC versus console debate with all the same old arguments rolled out - and they are as unconvincing now as always. The last upgrade I made to my PC was over two years ago, it didn't cost as much as a Playstation and I have still yet to encounter a game I can't play at higher resolution than that offered by the latest consoles."

Bayon did have some support though, and not just from his workplace bullying counsellor: "I love playing games on my PC but it's the problems that everyone has that just send me round the bend," notes Alan.

"Install issues, the PC freezing during games, etc. Everyone has these same issues at one point or another, then the other issue is every time a new game comes out, you need a bloody new graphics card to get the most out of it."

And there was more: "I haven't bought a graphics card in nearly two years. I use consoles instead now and my gaming life is much happier as a result. The graphics card industry needs to pull its finger out and come out with something original, something the console can't do, certainly if they want me back buying their hardware."

"I've long ago given up trying to keep up with the latest games because of the cost", notes Jobby. "Gotta say, though, I'm still addicted to Civilization 2!"

We're partial to an occasional bout of Day of the Tentacle ourselves, but each to their own. See you next week.

Author: Stuart Turton