What gaming looks like at my house. Part 1

On 01/02/2017 at 12:23 PM by mothman

Well it's the beginning of a new year and I've decided to start taking stock of what I have game wise and chronicle it here. Here's part of my physical game collection. I have a closet full of older games and systems too.

Maybe I'll get to them later.

Let's start with a blurry cat pic. Had to take it fast while Mouse was still holding the pose.

mouse and skunk

Now the games. First my PSP, DS (almost gone) 3DS, Wii U and the beginning of my Wii games

games1

Now the rest of the Wii and PS3 games

games2

The rest of my PS3 and most of my PS4 stuff. Also my Blu Ray movies/

games3

Lastly what is left of my Xbox 360 games.

games4

This is my main gaming setup. I've added my son's PC to the setup so he can play PC games on the television. The main setup is for PS4, PS3, Wii U and PC gaming. The rack on the right holds my music collection. On top of it is the Wii U gamepad and my huge collection of 3 Amiibos.

The TV's optical digital out is connected to a Digital to Analogue converter behind the TV. This feeds a Topping amplifier which in turn feeds the Paradigm speakers. Beside my amp is a a phono preamp that has yet to see any use. I still need to have my turntable overhauled.

Main rig

Moving on to the secondary gaming room also known as my office. My office laptop is a core i7, 16 GB of RAM, 4 GB Geforce 950m graphics card and a 2 TB internal drive. I also added a 2TB USB 3.0 drive to help store my Steam games.

On my desk is my Steam controller. I'm not sure I like it. My biggest complaint is something that really has nothing to do with the controller. You have to use it in Big Picture mode and in that mode you are informed that games like Grandia II, Final Fantasy IX and others are not designed to work with a controller. WTF?

Yes you can download someone's custom config but half the time they don't work as you expect.

Best to stay in normal Steam mode and use a wired Xbox 360 controller

Office1

Now if I turn my office chair around I can game on my 360 or PS TV. I may add my PS2 at some point and maybe my Dreamcast too but most of my DC collection is gone and that might just be depressing

Secondary system

Anyway that's it for today. Maybe I'll haul out my older games for part 2 and then get into my digital collection (God help me.)

goaztecs

01/02/2017 at 12:35 PM

I always like looking at people's gaming setups. It's interesting to see where people spend their time enjoying a hobby. I've been on the fence about the Steam controller but I do like the comfort of the 360 controller plus it is wired so I don't have to worry about charging. Anyways going back I dig your setups and how cool are you to let your son play his PC games on the TV.

mothman

01/02/2017 at 01:11 PM

It was either that or setup up a KVM switch in the office. I may still do that.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

01/02/2017 at 01:51 PM

I like those shelves man. very classy.

Halochief90

01/02/2017 at 06:01 PM

Very nice and clean, unlike my setup. I had to get rid of most of my game cases because they were taking up too much space. I still keep all of my favorites though.

Super Step Contributing Writer

01/02/2017 at 11:16 PM

My physical collection is a lot less impressive.

My digital collection half the time makes me wonder when and why I bought all those games!

SanAndreas

01/02/2017 at 11:37 PM

Your game collection is a collection after my own heart. I ought to post pics of my setup, but I'm kind of embarrassed about it. I have an unhealthy number of games, but the problem is, I don't have a lot of space where I currently live. Most of them are packed away and only my PS4, Wii U, and PSTV are connected. :(

KnightDriver

01/03/2017 at 12:58 AM

I recently put all my games into shelving. Before it was just in plastic bins on the floor. It looks much better now. I'd like to do something special with it, though, like take my favorite games and display them in some way. I'm not sure yet how to do that.

Ranger1

01/03/2017 at 07:31 PM

Wow. Very tidy. But then again, my whole house is smaller than some peoples' living rooms. I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to add the new precious, er, PS4 to my setup. I disconnected my 360 in order to set up the PS4, but I don't want to leave it disconnected, and I still have a ton of games for my PS3 that still need to be played. Ah, first world problems, lol.

GrayHaired

01/03/2017 at 09:16 PM

Nice...really nice. I like it

01/03/2017 at 09:17 PM

oh, and the cats are awesome. We have a siamese cat about 15 years old, He used to be really mean but him and I both have grown old and mellow together.

01/03/2017 at 09:42 PM

The girls are big, affectionate sucky babies. We had a male but he got really sick and we had to put him down. He only liked my wife and was nasty to everyone else.

PixlBit