Game of Choice

There are a few things that our team is passionate about, one of them is, above most of the others, gaming. We have all sorts of gamer types between the team. For instance, my Chief of Ops is more of a casual game, Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja type games. My wife and I are more of the hardcore gamer, late nights with Battlefield 3 and Halo and a slew of other games. But my how the times have changed. After I picked up my HP Pavilion dv6 6c35dx the game has changed, literally. This got me to thinking about something: What are the real differences between the game consoles? This is a funny topic for me since I find myself playing games more frequently on my laptop than my PS3 or Xbox 360, almost exclusively actually, this is probably going to change with the next wave of real multiplayer games about to drop, like Halo 4, Black Ops 2 and Borderlands 2 (which is out at the time of this blog) as these are the primary types of games me and my wife play together. There is an entirely different sect of games that we play in my house though, we play a lot of drama styled detective games like Heavy Rain (Thanks Tim), L.A. Noire and Red Johnson Chronicles where we solve the puzzles and crimes together. Trust me get a few of your friends together to help you make decisions with a game like Heavy Rain and watch the laughs ensue. 

My console of choice is the PS3 and it’s my own interesting reasons why. After playing the same games on both systems I found that there was more of a challenge on PS3, though that's not to say that there wasn't a challenge on the Xbox 360. My problem is I like to be the best and whatever makes me strive to be that will always hold my attention more. Also when I play on PS3 I generally am playing by myself and playing some First-Person-Shooter to boot and that's how I hone my skills to blow away the competition when I take it back to Xbox, my wife is the same way so watch out. But that is also my biggest gripe when it comes to PS3, the community. The PS3 community is less developed than 360 and sometimes I miss that, but because of that my skills are razor sharp.

Xbox 360 is just fun, plain and simple. That's where I go to play with my Halo/COD clan (Big ups to Fauxhound/Halo Royalty) and where we wreck stuff. I cannot begin to understand how Microsoft cultivated such a sense of community spirit among its players. It’s really easy to get a league going in any game and people come from all over to make it happen or claim a stake as the best. This unfortunately brings out mediocre players as well, which isn't a problem in the least, but if you're trying to get an Elitist Competition (been a while since I played Halo 3) going this can mess up the vibe of the game. I can say without a shadow of doubt that this is where I have the most fun at when I play.

Then there is my newest familial addition, my dv6. This is where I play most of my games nowadays. These generally consist of really good RPGs like Torchlight 2 and games that I can play with a controller like Sleeping Dogs and traditional keyboard and mouse strategy games like Anno 2070 and Civilization 5. The thing that draws me to this as my primary gaming platform is a few key things and one BIG thing. For one, the games are cheaper and this allows me to get more games quickly, which is a major plus. Another is the ease of using a controller for most of my games, Arkham City and Ghost Recon Future Warrior are two great examples of games where a controller far outweighs a keyboard and mouse. By far the biggest thing is the HD 1080p gaming. Consoles have a maximum HD rating of 720p in the current generation. Trust me, if you put any console side by side with a computer that has a good graphics card your mind will be changed too.

I'd like to know what systems you guys have. Also you can drop your PSN Handles, 360 Gamertags and Steam IDs in the comments or leave them on our social media sites and we can get a gaming night together.

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