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The Escapist takes a look at multiboxing
Multiboxing. It sounds like cheating when you have one man controlling two or more characters, but it's more of a pain to work with than it is a straight out cheat. Whatever your feelings are on the situation though, you have to admit, people who do multiboxing have some tremendously interesting setups and rigs to accomplish this difficult feat.The Escapist has just let loose a feature article detailing the stories of users who multibox, why they do it, and exactly how they accomplish it on their game of choice. It's a very interesting look at the whole situation, especially when the reasons of why these normal people choose to run more account at once in their favorite game rather than just join groups or work solo are fully explained.If you're interested in reading the full five page feature article, head on over to The Escapist and check out what Greg Tito was able to uncover.
HDBeat Flickr Wednesday: More flat panels!!!!
Each week here at HDBeat, we are grab some of the best, new setups out of our Flickr pool to be featured here on our homepage. This week it is More Flat Panels!mestjern: Set up an HDTV outside so I can watch Football from the pool. Should probably take some other pictures of it to show it off. It was a freakin pain to hang it up on brick.
1UP's tips for that perfect gaming rig
1UP has a playful little piece up with some helpful tips for sprucing up your gaming setup. Some of our favorites include They advise gamers to use rechargeable AAs in those wireless controllers. Play & Charge be damned, those AAs just keep on running, no wires necessary ... and they'll work in your Wavebirds. There's some interesting points on the vagaries of HD gaming; want your old games to look great on that new HDTV? Good luck. That HD box is gonna stretch that signal to fill up the frame. You can opt for an upscaler, or just get a dedicated TV set for those standard-def games. 1UP recommends an EDTV set, which come in sexy slimline variants (just like their HD cousins) but are fixed at 480p. For some reason, I don't think this is a really viable solution, but the problem is a notable one. Home Theater PC gaming! Build yourself a custom gaming rig, hook that sucker up to your HDTV, and get an all-in-one gaming/emulation/DVD/PVR/Joystiq machine. A sexy solution, to be sure, but be warned: building PCs can be tricky and outfitting one with the necessary gear can be expensive. There's also a page on import games that feels a little tacked on. A Mario cap DS pouch? Eh, notsomuch. Of course, real gamers don't need a fully spec'd setup to do their gaming. Just look at Xbox 360 Fanboy's "most pathetic 360 setup" contest applicants. If you're willing to do your HD gaming on a 13" TV/VCR combo just to get your fix, we salute you. That's not to say we'd game on it or anything ... [Via /.]
