200 Reasons to Love PC Gaming

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  • Spawndemon
    Member
    • Oct 2005
    • 6015

    #1

    200 Reasons to Love PC Gaming

    Who loves PC gaming here? Who can list 200 reasons why they love PC gaming? To celebrate its 200th issue, PC Gamer Magazine has created a list of 200 reasons why they love PC gaming. Check out reasons 1-5 below:
    1. Alien Swarm
    A super-tense (and free) mod for Unreal Tournament that lets you and three friends invade and then escape from a xeno-infested space colony. That it's a top-down shooter adds to the tension: a single slip of the mouse can see you blowing away your colleagues. Download it from: snipurl.com/cxr07.

    2. Fall from Heaven
    This mod adds dark fantasy to the historic armageddon of Civilization IV, and is easily as good as the base game. The Civ devs agree: the Fall from Heaven creators got to produce a scenario for Civ IV's Beyond the Stars expansion. Try Fall for yourself at snipurl.com/d816q.

    3. Garry's Mod
    A glorious mix of Lego playset and context-free Half-Life 2 insanity. Garry made a mod we didn't realise we needed to play. Then we attached a jet to a bath, and sat Dr Breen inside. And then we couldn't stop. For the best creations, visit: www.garrysmod.com.

    4. The headshot noise from counter-strike
    The sound of melon death and victory.

    5. Graphics card naming conventions
    In which an nVidia 280 is faster than an 8800.

    There are 195 reasons left to read so be sure to check them all out over here. Do you agree with many of the items on this list? What would you say is the #1 reason to love PC gaming? Let us know!
  • TheEn|gma
    Member
    • Jun 2005
    • 5247

    #2
    Re: 200 Reasons to Love PC Gaming

    Such a good list :wee:

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      The Penetrator
      • Oct 2006
      • 2855

      #3
      Re: 200 Reasons to Love PC Gaming

      5. Graphics card naming conventions
      In which an nVidia 280 is faster than an 8800.
      Well, that and an 8800GT is MUCH faster than a 9400GT. For some reason this confuses people a lot...
      Should it be that hard for people to understand that a $50 card is just not going to be as good as a $100 card?

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      • Spik3d
        Member
        • Feb 2006
        • 4890

        #4
        Re: 200 Reasons to Love PC Gaming

        37. The '~' key
        It's called a tilde, and it lets you turn the gravity off. Win.
        ...
        157.Alyx
        Would.
        I lol'd.

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        • =98=
          Member
          • Oct 2006
          • 10299

          #5
          Re: 200 Reasons to Love PC Gaming

          Originally posted by Unnamed Assailant
          Well, that and an 8800GT is MUCH faster than a 9400GT. For some reason this confuses people a lot...
          Should it be that hard for people to understand that a $50 card is just not going to be as good as a $100 card?
          And that a 9800gt is an 8800gt and a 9600gso is a 8800gs and a GT250 is a 9800gtx... I give up!

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            The Penetrator
            • Oct 2006
            • 2855

            #6
            Re: 200 Reasons to Love PC Gaming

            Originally posted by Alex98uk
            And that a 9800gt is an 8800gt and a 9600gso is a 8800gs and a GT250 is a 9800gtx... I give up!
            Then you have to consider the 8800GTS G92, which is more like a 9800GTX than an 8800GTS 640MB...

            I don't really blame people for not knowing what card to get at a certain price point. It just irritates me when people get pissed at me because I explain that their $60 9400GT 1GB is much weaker than an 8800GT 512MB and won't run GTA IV worth half a deuce.

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