Winter's PC Building ExperienceMay 22, 2013 by

I have a laptop, a while ago, I would download games from steam (dem sales) and not play them, when I did they would run terribly, even something that should be easy peasy to run like Don't Starve and The Binding of Isaac wouldn't run on my laptop.

There were games I wanted to play so badly (like Minecraft ) but couldn't because my laptop couldn't run a damn thing.

I looked up shiz about gaming on a PC and realized that my laptop was never going to run games good, EVER, so I figured there was only one awesome thing I could do.



This is actually a picture of me and my laptop somewhere


I went to a website to get started, I bought all the parts, waited (for what felt like forever) for the parts to arrive, then I threw all the parts together in a primitive fashion, similar to a bull in a china shop only with a PC case and a bunch of crazy looking parts.

I don't know if you've ever built a gaming PC before, but rest assured, everyone should buy a book for dummies on their first go.

Not only did I have no idea If I had done everything right, but the wires looked like someone chewed them up and spat them into my PC case.

My dad tried to help me too, but that's how the wires ended up all over the place, so one night I just took all the wires out and put them back in as neat as I could.

This is neat right? Right?!

Putting the parts in on the other hand was easy and quite fun, except the motherboard which didn't want to stay in place and I had to have someone hold it while I put the screws in.

The ram was also kinda difficult (the easiest part) because it wouldn't go completely in place, my arms were simply too weak to put the ram in, so I kicked it in and all went smoothly.

Looking back, it was the wires that took the most time and gave me the most trouble, but damn is cable management addictive!

After all that putting it together, (and after looking over the parts and wires for a few more days) I pressed the power button, and it didn't explode!

I'm in love with this thing

As you can see, I took something ridiculously easy and made it look quite difficult, but it made it all the more satisfying to know that I put together a gaming machine and I love it so far.

Also, big shout out to ThePCGameGuy for making me come to the final realization that a plug can actually be split! I never would've finished without that help man, thanks. :D

Now if you'll excuse me, I think I heard noises in my room.

Aww, you little scamp!

Winter's Blog Of Randomness


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My Video Game History and Opinion On GamesMay 11, 2013 by

Now just to clarify, my memory isn't very great, in fact it's been not-so-reliable for as long as I can remember, so I don't really remember when I started playing games, as my memory of being below the age of 8 is almost nonexistent.

Otherwise, I've been playing video games since I was very young, not sure how young but I remember my first console being a Sega Genesis, I wasn't born when it came out so I'm sure I got it at a later date so no pinpoint tell of when I started unfortunately.

I remember playing Teenage mutant ninja turtles as my very first video game, I don't know what it was about or anything, just a side scrolling beat em up that I remember being annoying.

Past that I'm pretty sure I played Shadow Man and Metal Gear Solid on the original PlayStation, the latter being my favorite despite how terrible I was at it, my brain couldn't comprehend stealth back then so I just ran around punching people like a nut and had tons of fun doing so.

Skipping over some games and to the next generation.

I played GTA 3 and thought it was the most amazing thing ever and that became my favorite game series for quite some time, along with the latest metal gear solid games, Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and clank and Sly cooper, each series having things I liked more than the others.

Jak had me invested in the story quite a bit and was more of an open world adventure than the rest.

Sly cooper had an incredibly gripping story and characters and I would get hooked until the end of each game.

The Rachet and Clank series which I still care for greatly has the most fun and comedy stuffed into their series.

Now for the current generation.

I started with and Xbox 360 (which I saved money for) and spider-man 3 which I actually liked at the time but now realise it was generic.

Then there was Dead Rising, it was pretty challenging beating that game, I tried to save some people but they were SO STUPID that I ended up giving up on most towards the end, all in all a very good game despite it's flaws, in my opinion.

I eventually got a PS3 for Christmas (it was hidden and I found it last) I became absorbed in the Playstation universe and only came back to Xbox for the fable series, which I'm sadly not very fond of anymore.

UNCHARTED, I know it has problems here and there but it was a fantastic experience (all three games being counted) that's all that mattered.

Heavy rain was an amazing experience, looking back it had giant plot holes and things that would've broken the game If I had known, but thankfully I didn't.

Red Dead Redemption, words can't describe how amazing I thought this game was, I actually shed a manly tear (or a hundred) at the end, I thought John Marston was one of the best video game characters in history, everything mixed together perfectly and I think this is Rockstars best Video game and one of my all time favorites.

Now I have a gaming PC I built myself and I'm enjoying it immensely so far, sales from steam, better aiming, games load quicker, run better and look their best, plus there are plenty of great indie games and PC exclusive games that are great.

Nowadays the games that hold my interest are games like Journey, like The Walking Dead from Telltale and Mass Effect, games where the narrative, story and characters take first place in the experience, even a game like Deadly Premonition with game play that was absolutely HORRIBLE is among my favorite games of all time because of the characters and the story.

I'm playing the Mass Effect trilogy on the PC right now and thanks to the stories and characters I feel content to play the whole series to the end.

The experience and characters are what matters to me, not the score.



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