Game Rooms

[animegirl]

I have that same halo poster in my current game room!

Are those lighted signs the same ones you can get on ebay?

like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...187195288&rd=1

I have always been interested in those, but wasn't sure about what they really looked like. The shipping is always so high too.

Yup, it is the same one. The one I bought I won for 1.00 and paid like 29.00 shipping. 30 bucks didn't seem like too much to pay for the glowing sign though.

[Videodrone]

That looks awesome!

*Edit. Dyne's post answered my question.

Yes, I too would like to get one of these!

Had them printed myself.

Just took some higher quality shot and brought them to my local photo printing shop. However, you want to make sure you have the right aspect ratios (based off 1195x896) so they don't get stretched. I have about 8 or 9 others resized correctly. just pm me if anybody want me to sent them.

These are the other 3 I framed (these were resized for the web):




The lower res (640x480) images didn't look any worse than the high res (1195x480) images when blown up to 8x10. I guess they are computer graphics regardless.

Yup, it is the same one. The one I bought I won for 1.00 and paid like 29.00 shipping. 30 bucks didn't seem like too much to pay for the glowing sign though.

That's what I was always thinking. I don't mind paying the shipping if would win one on the cheap.

congrats on the baby videodrone, your first?

Thanks! Yep my first.

[Nomi]

Congrats on procreating.

Our nasty old unfinished basement was turned into my bedroom, which is essentially a game room with two mattresses stacked on top of eachother. We got a family friend to do cheap labor and throw up some drywall, bought economy carpet from a liquidation store, and did a cheap-ass sponge painting job. The entire room cost under 600 bucks, and it looks pretty damn awesome (though I lack a ceiling, just rafters). Once you have decent walls and some basic carpet, the rest is simple enough. Bargain hunt for furniture solutions, like super-market entertainment centers (mine was $25 and holds all my consoles) and Wal-Mart tube TVs. <$200 bucks for a 27" with component hookups. Grab a few cheap shelves or build your own, and find some cheap lamps and you're done.

I lack seating right now, since I'm cramped on space and don't have money for a futon yet. Right now I have a big pile of huge pillows I lounge in, and it's surprisingly comfortable.

Ad as a side note, small refrigerators are excellent additions. 1/3 to 1/2 size fridges can run under $150 if you shop around, so you can always have a nice snack supply nearby.

[Dyne]

Ad as a side note, small refrigerators are excellent additions. 1/3 to 1/2 size fridges can run under $150 if you shop around, so you can always have a nice snack supply nearby.

best advice yet. ive always got some beer within mere feet of me at all times.

[Nomi]

I was thinking more along the lines of 36 cans of various Jones and tons of root beer, but whatever you prefer.

Unforunately, basement rooms have a lot of problems. My ceiling is the playfloor of my younger stepsiblings, and their main room is right above my bed. Hardwood flooring upstairs makes everything incredibly loud and we have no insulation so it gets really bad sometimes. Some goes for all the pipes and other basement devices, such as maybe washers/dryers and any central cooling and heating. I get a ton of noise down here and don't have the means to try and sound-proof anything for a while. If you can, look into basic foam insulation for the ceiling or walls and anything you can put around main vents and pipes. I can hear every conversation in the house because of our vent system (which does has some advantages, though).

Large appliances suck. If you have a freezer or washing machines, see if you can move them elsewhere (garage?). The noise drives me absolutely insane.

[Grave]

Unforunately, basement rooms have a lot of problems. My ceiling is the playfloor of my younger stepsiblings, and their main room is right above my bed. Hardwood flooring upstairs makes everything incredibly loud and we have no insulation so it gets really bad sometimes. Some goes for all the pipes and other basement devices, such as maybe washers/dryers and any central cooling and heating. I get a ton of noise down here and don't have the means to try and sound-proof anything for a while. If you can, look into basic foam insulation for the ceiling or walls and anything you can put around main vents and pipes. I can hear every conversation in the house because of our vent system (which does has some advantages, though).

Yeah, basement rooms kind of suck. We decided to have a finished "party room" downstairs, but my dad abandoned the project, so it pretty much sucks. When I'm home it's the "dump TVs in the middle of the room and play Halo" room, which we last did at New Years, which was pretty sick, despite freezing to death and the lovely sounds of pipes.

The ceiling consists of a giant piece of white fabric stapled to wood to hide the insulation. Our ceiling lights are bare bulbs. I would not want to live in that room, but the futon down there is ridiculously nice.

Minifridges are also nice. Well, right now I hate them because it's the only goddamn fridge I have and I can't keep any real food in it, but it's nice to have cold drinks at hand. Getting a small Pur pitcher certainly beats drinking the white-grey tap water here, too.

[Opaque]

These are the other 3 I framed (these were resized for the web)

I don't think the one with Ico and Yorda on opposite sides of the gap is too spiffy but the other two kicks ass, as does the first one you posted.

[Super Sayin 2]

When I move out, my whole living room's goin to be my game room and any girl who wants to get with me's gonna have to deal with that.

[Grave]

When I move out, my whole living room's goin to be my game room and any girl who wants to get with me's gonna have to deal with that.

oh god I'm sorry I just can't respond to this appropriately I quit

Is this guy for real?

[Takumi]

oh god I'm sorry I just can't respond to this appropriately I quit

Is this guy for real?

of course he is, super SAYINS don't mess around. know what i'm sayin?

I'm moving to a large 3 story condo next semester with my roomate, and it has a small "game room" in the garage. I'm going to get the PacMan and Gauntlet Legends arcade units from my aunt to place there. In our living room, we're saving up for a plasma television *hopefully* and custom building a home sound system. I've been playing on a 20" television the past years, so I can't wait to finally move up to a real size television. Cuz 4 player Halo on a 20" really really sucks