Goal: Console gaming transition 2011

Recall back to January, one of the goals for 2011 is to transition to console gaming and away from PC gaming. There are several benefits:

Used games are considerably cheaper than brand new games. This serves to stretch the gaming dollar much further than brand new PC games. Console games can be traded in much easier than PC games.

PC parts usually need an upgrade every couple of years to be able to play the latest games with the best results. Console gaming will remove the desire to keep pace on upgrades to the PC, resulting in another rather considerable savings.

With baby #2 on the way, the need to be able to pause or walk away is important. This is not ideal on games that have a large amount of persistence or the action cannot be paused. Console titles generally are much easier to start-up quickly and walk away or pause.

Transitioning to the console will allow me to install Linux on the workstation PC without missing Windows gaming. Continuing to learn Linux, programming, shell scripting, etc. is more beneficial from a career perspective.

So there's one of the 2011 goals making progress. There may be a page on this blog dedicated to the game or games that I may be playing through. Mostly for my own enjoyment, but there may be some fun game moments, tips or tricks that I can share!

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