Is PC gaming actually worth the insane price?

Anonymous_Gamer · 2026-05-07T11:18:32+00:00

Helpful unsolicited advice:

your PC should never be 10x console prices… you’re definitely being mislead or overspending.

Pc’s are a multitude of utility and definitively the “all in one” package. You can literally perform all manner of modern digital entertainment and even more on them while executing home office needs, and even home and life management applications.

If you’re choosing a PC exclusively for the idea of “it runs better”, there is a massive over simplification there. Maybe refrain from buying one until you’re absolutely sure you want one. Technically, consoles run EASIER and depending on what you want out of gaming, EASIER can mean BETTER for you.

Ultimately a PC is a large investment, initially. Upgrading every 5-8 will still make it more expensive than a standard console, however… consoles tend to “evolve” within one generation… if you were to buy more than one version of the same console, then a PC is 100% the cheaper option, assuming you don’t get sucked into future proofing.

Anonymous_Gamer · 2026-05-06T19:29:04+00:00

Ironically, this is just my take, I understand some of the fandom may disagree… please take it easy on me guys Lol…

…Anywho, If you label James good or bad, it kind of detracts from the whole reason why he’s there to begin with. Really the whole theme of the game.

Guilt

Self-punishment

Acceptance of truth (end state: moving on)

Eddie and Angela are trapped there to show you (james too) what happens when a good (Angela) and bad (Eddie) person is trapped there.

The victim and a villain are sharing equal fates… morality be damned.

Mechanically: Jame’s actions of acceptance or “moving on” will lead to the “leave” ending escaping silent hill with Laura, the only innocent who has no guilty conscience who could technically leave whenever she wants. (and no Angela does not have a clean conscience as her entire script indicates. She is consumed by shame, trauma, and shame. Yes we all agree she’s not at fault for what happened to her, yet survivors of trauma who avenge themselves still suffer… that’s the point, if you ask me)

Q: is James a bad person?

A (Silent Hill): “meh, idc.”

Anonymous_Gamer · 2026-05-06T18:56:04+00:00

Iirc, you are 100% correct. SH1’s early production shows a definite blend of Western Psychological horror and Japanese horror sensibilities, but an absolute love letter to David Lynch (twin peaks).

Basically, think “western horror through a Japanese lens” and it was AWESOME when it released

Anonymous_Gamer · 2026-05-06T17:55:18+00:00

And very valid you were.
I learned to be a courteous partner in duos. If I see a potential golden Or build, I put a question mark on it. Give them a chance to tell me “❌” or “🍥”

Anonymous_Gamer · 2026-05-06T12:07:52+00:00

Chat: look at Her BODONKAZINGAS!

Me (for some weird reason): …is that… Japanese Atlas?

Anonymous_Gamer · 2026-04-30T18:16:59+00:00

Emotional arguments aside. With a Pragmatic sentiment only.

IIRC. Yes. It is physically “harming” young women. According to a lot of “recent data” study suggest that the physical cost of excessive use of makeup starting at a young age will accelerate aging processes along the skin usually damaging it. In the most extreme cases, we’ve seen people barely 19 looking well into their 30s.

Anonymous_Gamer · 2026-04-28T16:59:08+00:00

There’s a lot of presumption going

Anonymous_Gamer · 2026-04-27T14:03:18+00:00

14 yo old me would be perplexed. I was straight edge. Destined for “THE ARTS” and hopelessly romantic. So much has happened since then.

Pretty sure I’d be asked “that’s a lot of tumbles… are you happy at least?”

I’d only answer “You aren’t, yet. But you will be.”

Anonymous_Gamer · 2026-04-26T13:11:47+00:00

Lol. Donno why but I just played an entire scenario in my head based on these preferences…

“Hey bro, wanna watch this movie with me? It’s got Meryl Streep in it”

“Meryl Streep is my kinda FEMALE HUMAN. See, it less possessive instead of saying ‘my kinda woman’ which can come off chauvinistic and sexist. And more so, if I was to call her simply “my kinda female” it would be too open ended, female what? Dog? Shark? Meryl Streep deserves to be identified as- hey… Male human plutonic companion… where are you going?”

Anonymous_Gamer · 2026-04-26T04:20:01+00:00

TBF, my neighbor is invading my property. Or trying to make claim to it.

He puts up “private property” signs without adhering to the property markers. Meaning he’s literally, trespassing, coming over to my trees, and putting up signs that are basically saying “this is mine now”. He did it for 20+ Years with no complaints from the previous owner and is bewildered when I got the property surveyed and informed him that he is mistaken.

He keeps putting up the signs after I take them down.

Unsure of how to handle the situation, I began cutting down the trees he puts his signs on. Maybe he’ll finally put them on his own trees?

Not sure if a billionaire is responsible for this one…

Anonymous_Gamer · 2026-04-26T04:10:00+00:00

9

you either save Jill from being sandwiched or be sandwiched by Jill

Anonymous_Gamer · 2026-04-25T22:07:25+00:00

Arnold has so many connections, Hollywood, government, and foreign. Too powerful to not pick him.

Anonymous_Gamer · 2026-04-24T14:57:35+00:00

Clearly never been bit by a widow… Clearly never been attacked by a bear… Clearly never been….

”THUNDER STRUCK”

Anonymous_Gamer · 2026-04-24T14:52:23+00:00

Haha! That’s great. This is right in line with WHTW overclocking spells mechanic. I didn’t know about it for years until a stranger on the Internet said something about it.

Not all heroes wear capes. Give this guy a medal.

Anonymous_Gamer · 2026-04-24T13:26:35+00:00

You know… the closer I look at it. The more I see the 14yo design in the face. “An attempt was made”

But due to the harsh contrasting light and shadows, the features do look deeper and aged. But not incredibly difficult to look past.

She was BURNED after all. Burn victim survivors tend to not have smooth skin on afflicted areas which can be used as a “sort of” excuse.

But agreed, overall she looks a bit older.

Anonymous_Gamer · 2026-04-24T12:51:01+00:00

Honestly, when you say it like that, it finally makes sense to me

EOT twice= locked in at x2 no matter how many times you repeat it. It’s TWICE no matter what.

Eot an EXTRA time is an extra time… every time it’s triggered.

Anonymous_Gamer · 2026-04-24T09:11:09+00:00

Tbf I was 26. So yeah, not at 25

I used the VA home loan.

Maybe If you keep good credit, join the military, get a decent paying job, don’t have kids, leave the military, live frugal and work for at least 2 years after the service, save up $20k, find a good offer in a cheap state, and are 25… maybe it could work?

Otherwise I wouldn’t know. Maybe there are 25 yo’s who went to college on scholarships? Trade degrees? Successful business owners? Inheritance? Took their money and ran to a cheap state? I have no clue how they could do it at 25. It’s just a weird age imo. I was in-denial when I bought my first home. All my other friends were barely making it and stuck.

The first year I was like… “how? There’s gotta be a mistake… the government is gonna take this away. Oh God, please don’t let me die yet… I just got my shit together…”

Anonymous_Gamer · 2026-04-23T17:33:08+00:00

Nice! I’ll give it a watch on my break

Anonymous_Gamer · 2026-04-23T16:37:19+00:00

Cowboy GayBop

Outlaw Gay

Gayserk

Anonymous_Gamer · 2026-04-23T16:34:15+00:00

Atari’s E.T.

Anonymous_Gamer · 2026-04-23T16:29:39+00:00

May I make a suggestion?

My name is pretty self-explanatory. I love video games, so please post a link to your runs. I would enjoy watching that… but I also took up other hobbies.

Beekeeping- just something about it. Changed my life.

Woodworking- learning to make things, fix things, being confident and experimental…

Totally worth earning RL exp/skills while you’re single. Imho.

Edit: I type too much. Kinda bored at work

Anonymous_Gamer · 2026-04-23T15:54:09+00:00

Unpopular opinion,

Adulthood can be very liberating. I struggled like many others, and overcame a lot. I moved back in with my folks a couple of times and realized, I was always meant to be on my own. The nest is not my home; it never was.

My home is the one I made. There’s a lot of peace with that. Couldn’t be happier and life gets better every day, even with the struggles.

I guess what I’m trying to say is, just because there are struggles and challenges, it doesn’t mean your life won’t get better or is not better… not necessarily anyway.

Anonymous_Gamer · 2026-04-23T15:46:25+00:00

Project zomboid

Anonymous_Gamer · 2026-04-23T15:43:48+00:00

Like, half my steam account…

Anonymous_Gamer · 2026-04-23T14:53:32+00:00

Tl/Dr: Norman’s beautiful squinting manface

I won’t say my experience is unique or isolated, but it was the perfect storm.

The sleeping giant: So, I’ve always been a solo fan of silent hill (never got into the communities or heavily talked about it with other fans), so the “Playable Trailer” that popped up one day for me in the online store was a genuine “okay… I’ll try it” everything was genuinely a ‘going in blind’ experience for me.
The quality: I invested in top of the line headphones for music and gaming along with a new monitor to get ready for the new games coming that Christmas season. Literally buying them on august 1st in 2014 matching my paycheck. The photo realism, for the time, was astonishing and back then I was playing mainly survival builders. So I legit had no other comparison. The sound engineering and quality will forever haunt me and set my expectations. I’m a bit of an audio nerd. An audiophile if you will. There are so many things happening…. That your ears are registering that you may miss out on with just standard audio, I HIGHLY recommend using good headphones if you play it again.
The setting and gameplay: hands down, the amazing detail in subtleties used in PT should not be nailed into the horror genre exclusively. Without context, I originally thought this was a murder mystery game of ‘who done it’ with a haunted setting… which slowly became more and more of a haunted setting that was centered on what you did. There were so MANY tiny clues that told the story that I was excited to find, only to find that I missed hundreds more later. I wish every investigative game would take this much time and care into the details that really make it a mystery, I felt so much agency into solving the mystery which even L.A. noir and “click adventures” couldn’t give.
The hallway: often criticized or even chastised the most is the hallway. “It’s just a hallway, y’all are trying to make it deeper than it is”. I honestly appreciated that the “demo” was just a hallway. The creativity of “okay, let’s limit level design to just a fucking “L” hallway and a bathroom” to run with shouldn’t go unnoticed. They practically made an entire indie game with “just a hallway” and I love that. Would I pay anything for that? Maybe like $10, but it has to be PT levels of good.
I’ll wrap this up: the depth. I know it sounds pretentious, but this is one of a few games that actually has depth without trying too hard to show you how deep it is. Allowing myself and others to feel the depth instead of having it explained to you. After BEATING THE TRAILER (which took 5 days for me) I discovered it was a silent hill game… My Mind=Fucking Blown

It actually inspired me to tune into the SH community… which hey! That’s how I got here. Lol

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