[Official] Gaming Setups Thread 2012 (PC & Console)


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Welcome to the official Gamers? Setup thread 2012. In this thread you may post pics of your gaming area, be it PC, console or any combination of the two. You are welcome to post pics that you have posted in the ?Show us your workstations!? thread.

There was a Gamers? Setup thread created in 2004, but to start a fresh there will now be a yearly thread. The old thread can be found here.

Please be mindful of our members on dial-up and try to keep the dimensions of the pics and the size of the files to a respectable size for 1024 x 768 viewers. Please refrain from quoting images in your replies.

I will also ask that you link to images on your own space, as much as possible.

The usual forum rules also apply.

Have fun, and have a happy new year!

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By arceles at 2012-02-25

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By arceles at 2012-02-25

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By arceles at 2012-02-25

A little bit dusty I know... My lap gets used nowadays most commonlyfor gaming.

BTW my Ps1, GC and SNES are hidden down in the same red furniture.

My setup for the new year! (and first post)

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Nice setup man!...only one question....why on earth do you have 3 360's? I could kinda understand 2 one for TV and one for on your PC desk....but 3?
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I don't see a XBOX 360, but I could be wrong. But wither it's his picture, I'm not sure as it's been posted on 9gag/re-edit a couple of days ago.

yeah no 360 by the looks of it...and year this does feel like a reddit/9gag post.
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