Should we consider hardcore PC gamers the hipsters of gaming just because they tend to bring up how PC gaming did everything first whenever an innovative new console title comes out? Maybe commenter Truthtellah has a point in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. More »

Kotaku: Pc Gaming

Are PC Gamers the Hipsters of Gaming? is a post from: Going Pro Gaming
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Today’s a special day: The 30-year anniversary of the launch of the IBM PC, a machine created for business that many of us soon discovered made a perfectly wonderful gaming machine. The PC wasn’t my first gaming computer (that was a Radio Shack TRS-80), but it was certainly the one that turned me into a gamer. My little 286 wasn’t much to look at, but she had it where it counted, and as Sierra adventure games gave way to mind-blowing cinematic simulations like Wing Commander and simple dial-up BBS board games like Trade Wars 2002 gave way to LAN and online gaming from the likes of DooM and Quake, I didn’t even have time to appreciate how fast gaming was evolving on our husky spreadsheet machines. More »

Kotaku: Pc Gaming

Thirty Years of IBM PCs Means 29.9 Years of PC Gaming is a post from: Going Pro Gaming
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D&D Online going to the Forgotten Realms this Summer is a post from: Going Pro Gaming
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D&D Online going to the Forgotten Realms this Summer is a post from: Going Pro Gaming
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Join Destructoid and Red 5 for a Firefall stream Friday! is a post from: Going Pro Gaming
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Does PC gaming need to be saved? It’s a question so arrogant it upset gamers for weeks after gaming peripheral manufacturer Razer posed it. More »

Kotaku: Pc Gaming

I Can’t Believe It: The Razer Blade Might Not Just Be the Future of PC Gaming—It May Be the Future of PCs is a post from: Going Pro Gaming
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BioShock Infinite to get delightfully hardcore 1999 Mode is a post from: Going Pro Gaming
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Play as Alucard the Vampire in the new Magicka expansion is a post from: Going Pro Gaming
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And according to the pictures in Venturebeat’s write-up of AMD’s Guinness Success, they did it in a nightclub. Oonsk! More »

Kotaku: Pc Gaming

AMD Sets a World Record with a 8.429 GHz Processor is a post from: Going Pro Gaming
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Last week at CES in Las Vegas, I was invited to test out Razer’s “Project Fiona” behind closed doors. What I didn’t know is that I would be given a private demonstration by Razer CEO and co-founder Min-Liang Tan. More »

Kotaku: Pc Gaming

Razer’s CEO Says He is "Sick and Tired" of PC Giants Not Innovating and Taking Risks is a post from: Going Pro Gaming
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