rock_climbing_guy's Journal: Computer Games and Hardware

Alright everyone, this is my very first /. journal entry. I don't imagine many people are going to read this, but oh, well; here goes.

I am sick and tired of the continuous upgrade, obsolescence of PC gaming hardware. Don't get me wrong; I understand that hardware is improving with time, but I have become totally removed from modern computer games because they run like slideshows on my machine.

Damn, I got Unreal Tournament 2003 for Christmas last year, I bought a new PC this year, and it still runs like crap. I got a new GeForce FX 5200 whatchawannacallitthingamajig and got a new motherboard, new DDR RAM, and an AMD 2600+ CPU. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO TO GET GAMES TO RUN ON A PC THESE DAYS? How much money do I have to spend? I spent over $500 upgrading my machine and it still sucks. Even the demos that came with the GeForce card run choppy. I've been through everything with technical support. I just don't care any more. I regret wasting my money on this project. I'll stick to Half-Life and Quake 3; they're just as much fun to play now as they were when they came out.

While I'm ranting, let me ask one more thing: What ever happened to Quake Spy? At first, it was this nifty little utility that you could use to look up the status of Quake servers on the internet. Now, it's turned into a gigantic piece of adware!

Arrrrrggghhh! What is the world coming to?