<![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @Duophonix: glad to help support you dude! Hehe, I write about games so they kind of pay for themselves - and then get refunded through tax ;)

@john2p0: Well, I would have cleaned up except that my friend was over and I'm lazy as hell. Usually there isn't so much junk littered around but we just had a really hard night drinking and gaming. Be thankful the floor isn't covered in broken glass from a bottle I accidentally dropped the night previous haha.

My room

Ok. So what you've got is a lazy ass friend sitting on a PS2 beanbag chai, in front of a three seater red couch you can't see, where my ASUS G1S laptop is sitting.

There's a BenQ24" HD capable monitor sitting on an old TV cabinet, with a Logitech 5500 Digital 5.1 stereo, PS3 and 360, plus a display cabinet full of gaming shwag.

Two old Coral speakers became my tables cause I couldn't throw them away, there's also a samurai and a bar fridge, which are both necessities.

A PSP sits next to a beer and munchies.

What you can't see are two half built / half modded PCs sitting behind the couch, some sound gear, including mics and a mixing desk, as well as all the DVDs and games hidden in a cupboard behind.

Ahh, years of living at home paid off in stuff :D

StolenName

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> An option to upload a picture of your gaming rig to your profile page would be a cool feature. Just sayin'.

J-Fro

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Took me a while to find the digital camera, so here's my bedroom setup (for the two people still reading this post). I made due with existing furniture.
My Room!

Notes:

Altair on a high perch where he belongs. He fell once and broke his leg...which oddly never happened in the game. I glued him back together.

Big Daddy on the HDTV PVR. He also fell and broke his drill. Glued back together.

Batman. Protects me from the HDTV's evil superbright LED while I sleep.

On my walls (not pictured) I have the four TF2 posters, the PA Fruit Fucker Prime LE Cell and a "New Robot Smell" poster by Adam Hughes made exclusive for the Silver Snail comic shop in downtown Toronto.

I cleaned up my games and movies for display.
Movies: The Fountain, Letters from Iwo Jima, King Kong, Planet Earth, Bourne Ultimatum.

And it's kinda blurry but the astute may also notice the still missing "Inside Xbox" button from the 360 menu.

Bluecell

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @Kusa: Take it from me, plan ahead. Go ahead and prewire everything you want before they hang drywall. I wired 7.1 setup in my family room, 5.1 in my play room, and ethernet in all the bedrooms, the family room, and play room. It will save you alot of trouble in the long run, plus it will look a lost classier with everything in wall.

Hamsnibit

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> some of these are quite nice. yet others couldn't find it in themselves to not clean up at least a little bit before taking a picture? sure, a controller here and there or a games packaging isn't bad, but chips, crumbs, other bits of stuff best left unidentified... oh well. a gamers area is his (or her) sanctuary. however you wish to keep that area in a state of order (or disarray) is entirely up to you.

John2p0

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @Sturek:
It's from 2001, can't even find any sign of it somewhere else. Seems to be special :D

CrispyCrunch

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @user3:

I sent it in twice, because the first time I sent it I forgot to say what country I lived in. So unless it somehow got lost twice. But there was nothing offensive in the picture at all (unless Tori really does hate dogs), so maybe it went into his/her junk mail folder? I'm hoping it will still go up, even though at this point nobody will really see it anyway.

Sloopydrew

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @CrispyCrunch:
i already supsected it was from somewhere outside my current reach. It totally is a Sopranos parody. Great show by the way although it failed on German TV.

Sturek

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> after seeing some of these setups,I don't feel so bad about not cleaning up my apartment!

citykids

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @Sloopydrew: I also didn't include a story in my mail but my picture shows up. So maybe your mail got lost?

user3

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Anyway, to set the scene: The picture I sent in that wasn't worthy of inclusion had both of my dogs (posing perfectly), a glowing lightsaber, a Buffy the Vampire poster, a plasma television, 2 GameCubes, 1 Xbox, 1 Xbox 360, 1 Dreamcast and a Wii. And carpeting and stuff. I'm so bummed it didn't show up. Does Tori have a thing against canines and/or Jedi Knights?

Sloopydrew

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @Sloopydrew:

Wow. My picture wasn't used. That's really, really disappointing. :~(

Sloopydrew

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> I didn't include a story with my email, as Crecente said to give the name of the room and the country you reside in only and I didn't dare break the rules. I wonder if my picture was used? Gonna go look now.

Sloopydrew

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @DELICIOUS_BUNNY: Oh, I kinda looked under the US. Nice to see you got that Elite to match your setup though!

Malmer

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Am I the only one having trouble posting comments to the pictures? It's taking like forever.
@Sturek:
I did get it in Canada ^^
Didn't know it had something to do with Sopranos :o

CrispyCrunch

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @StolenName: im a 3d artist/animator and i work in the media and gaming world, you all pay for my setup :-D

DUOPHONIX.com

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Man, yall have some sweet setups. Here I was thinking we were fancy because we had TWO TVs.

hrunting

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Oh, man. I could've totally had my setup included. I didn't know about this, though =\

Eliasoz_01

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> I guess I'll submit mine soon. I was too busy trying to actually clean my room up, where I have everything but the PS3 and Wii. My room wasn't exactly presentable last week because I was rearranging things.

ceilingFANBOY

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Wow, only Kuro and I submitted ours from Japan? Witz, my setup is likely simpler than yours, *deep voice of command* Shhhhhaaarrrreeee!

Currently saving up for a bigger screen, but with OLEDs and other new technology coming out soon, I'm on the fence.

And like everyone else, there are some awesome setups out there that make me incredibly jealous but also put me in awe at the dedication you have to making a kick ass entertainment room!

Bellamy

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Is anyone else surprised by the huge sums of disposable income that gamers just seem to have?

StolenName

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Ahhh man. Everything looks amazing! Thanks for including my pic in the header image :D bottom left square, you can tell which is mine by the graffiti haha.

It's amazing seeing all of the crazy set ups and gaming SHRINES in those pictures.

StolenName

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> I love these "Peek" things! Awesome Kotaku! Awesome! I looked at every single one along with the industry "Peek". A++

Cry0Tek

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> You know this is a great way to bring in new people and I think it's a great way to show this to the people here. Good job people of Kotaku. Excellent work.

goldwings

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> 134"....>_>

Dudemeister

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> I'm Mani, Thanks NMC ONE WAY - I try to keep things uncluttered as possible :) - That 134 inch - DAMN! *Makes foetal position in corner of room and cries.

ManiLink

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Thanks Kotakuites! We're building our house and i've dedicated a studio/den for gaming/hanging out.. so i'm definitely going to take some of your pictures for reference.

Kusa

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Wheres do I put my picture. I has setup.

morganrate

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Mysteriously absent, I am =(

Sent the e-mail on Wednesday.

Squeek

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Man i wish I had something presentable, my setup is organized in a practical way. Now if this were manga show and tell, I could take a picture of my shelf a.k.a. wall of manga.

Digitalguardian

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> I'm surprised a fellow Pinoy got his/her picture featured

BigJames

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Wow, after looking at all of those, I can't call myself a gamer anymore. Then again, I don't have much money to begin with. That one guy, Johnny, I want his collection.

Haniko

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> (double-post... sorry, just read the second page of comments...)

To anyone who thinks theirs wasn't included even though it was submitted on time: I didn't see mine in the thumbnails, but when I went into the actual gallery, and cycled through them one by one with the "next" button, mine came up eventually.

teh_sideburns

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @Scazza: Actually the main reason I started hanging Wiimotes is that I got paranoid that if I just tossed 'em somewhere, they might rest on a button, gradually draining batteries while not in use. Me and my buddy share a general paranoia that Wiimotes drain batteries while turned off. Who knows. Nice basement setup btw.

My computer desk is right next to my TV, but it was messy beyond repair, so I kept it out of the pic. Also, the most gaming action my computer saw in 2007 was Desktop Tower Defense.

teh_sideburns

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> I just wanted to chime in and say that this is a really cool gallery. Really fun to look at all the set-ups and even see my own in it. (Middle one in Germany)
Oh and to the German dude with the orange gaming room: Where did you get that awesome Simpsons/Sopranos poster ? I'd really like one too ;)
Once again thanks to Kotaku for showing us how people game around the globe.

Sturek

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> With the possible exception of the danish and swiss ones, there isn't one that looks remotely like the swanky rigs people play on Wii commercials. Do we just not measure up?

mariospants

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> yay mine

[kotaku.com]

khdownes

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> I didn't even know this was happening. I could have shown the world my poverty-chic room. It won't stand a chance against some of these, though. Some even have carpet. Carpet!

Erwin

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> anyone else leaving comments on the pics that arent showing? dammit. Props to the smooth Snake Eater poster and the great Persona 3 setup! and those of you with in-pic cats.

TheIrishNinja

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> aw, mine made it in, awesome! 6th row down (america), last one onna right. im so proud!

TheIrishNinja

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Damn, I forgot all about this.

yashichi8bit

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Quite a few Shaun of the Dead action figures.

Doomstink

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> I guess mine wasn't good enough to be included, so here it is anyway:

[s128.photobucket.com]

There were some great setups in there!

Cheers!

Deth

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Lookin' good. Congrats on making it :)

CybaDelic

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @DELICIOUS_BUNNY: Hey Spatula, How come I don't see any rig with your Kotaku name on it?
I was hoping to see if you ever got that glass computer table =)

Malmer

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @BTFzor_Freestyle: Hi! This is my setup :) The green isn't THAT bright as the photo suggests but it colors the whole room nicely green :D

user3

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @Anemone: aaah right, ok :-)

ive got a similar mouse

DUOPHONIX.com

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Some nice setups and monster screens in there. Sheesh, whatever happened to 4 player split screen GoldenEye on a 14" screen?

Also good to see the kiwis represented.

J-Fro

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @Duophonix: Heh, no, I actually meant in my room. I have a Razer Diamondback Blue. But thanks for trying to fix that up.

Anemone

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @Adam: Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. My kid's a teenager now, so I don't have to worry about that. But I remember when he was little... I kept everything up high and in boxes. ^_~

hatsumi

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Very cool setups in there all!

I just realized I made the front page of Kotaku with mine, my inner geek smiled ;)

wOOt! [kotaku.com]

-EDGE-

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Nice, I feel a little famous now. United States, 7th Row, far right. I built the theater to watch 'movie's' to appease the girlfriend but its 99.99999% used for Halo. Sucker

Tapiozona

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @Candlejack: Ty, I will give it a shot tomorrow, I can't promise anything though :D

Irenicus-the one and only

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @Shindokie (PSN and XBL): Those things are usually called TV Units. This one is from Ikea, cost $100 USD I think.

@Duophonix: It's an alright building but in the next big quake this thing will surely collapse. I hope I'm out of here by then!

Atheist Jew

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> nice, looks great... thank kotaku!

adolfo-gomez

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @Atheist Jew: i see, i bet its a nice building,

I can see the manchester "resistance fall of man" cathedral from my apartment window, thats my local gaming connecton :-D

DUOPHONIX.com

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @Adam: I have a 7 year old, and she doesn't touch a thing unless she asks, but now I have a newborn and I'm gonna have to keep a serious on on him in the coming years.

Hamsnibit

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @torricus: Awesome, mine will be in the mail tonight :D

KevinSetzer

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> I've seen gonzo's "work in progress" on the AVS forums - cool!

velvet396

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Bottom left is almost as messy as my room xD

Gladman

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @bluecell: Post a link now. I kept the original link on my desktop for a few days because people kept linking them and I wanted to see.

Mr_Fuzzypaws

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Yay! I made it. Last one in the US gallery. But I made it!

Mr_Fuzzypaws

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @Scazza: Spring for some drywall, man! Nice setup =P

Is there a way to submit pics for a future feature? I missed this post =\

Bluecell

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Correction. I evidently can't freakin see, I'm in it. haha

Sollus

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Ah man. I didn't make it into th gallery. :(

Sollus

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @Anemone: you mean my desk "a glowing blue mouse" theres a wii in the picture, a pc is obviously connected to the tv, my ds is somewhere on there.

DUOPHONIX.com

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> omg! those are awesome! I wish i hadn't used two seperate pictures for mine... but if i am gonna stick a bed in front of it all i will have to pay the price!

dannbrownn

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @Atheist Jew:

I saw desk your t.v is on. I know its not a desk but i forget what its called. Where did you get that since thats something i want to get as well.

FP Shindokie

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> I can smell some of those rooms through the internet.

Featherhammer

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> crap.
i forgot to submit mine.

in my gaming room i have a sony xbr3 40", onkyo 7.1 receiver, surround sound, ps3, ps2, psp, 360, ds lite, wii, 17" dell inspiron laptop, rock band, all guitar heros, and about 20 games.

i'm sure you can picture how awesome it looks, so there you go....MY SUBMISSION

dh4645

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> I wish I would of sent in my setup, but it'd be difficult since all my consoles earlier than the Gamecube are upstairs, and last generations plus my Wii are downstairs. (My upstairs setup is pretty sweet though, I have two TVs, while my downstairs has the big screen.) Once I move out (I'm a university student, okay :P ) and get a small cramped apartment, I'll have no choice but to move everything together.

Tiger-Fever

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Oh my, I feel like such a voyeur, now!

MR. FAP☆FAP!

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> That was an interesting gallery. I sort of wish that I had sent in a picture, but a HDTV and a glowing blue mouse on a desk with no other evidence of gaming and a few Bruce Lee posters makes for a boring picture, and my room isn't nice enough to give a full 360 view in order to show everything. So I'll explain it quickly! Sets of shelves filled with ps1/2/3 games. Drawers filled with dvds and ps2 games. Piles of books everywhere since I ran out of shelving space before university. A dresser covered in books and anime dvds. A table covered with Magic cards. A closet filled with Nintendo's products since the 80's. TV with comp, ps3, and Wii hidden, yet accessable in various places near the tv (all well ventilated.) Then a chair and a waterbed. Enjoy!
I've got to say, some of them were really quite nice. Others looked like your average dorm/room.

Anemone

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Am I the only one here with kids? I see these pictures and all I can think is that there's so much gear so close to the ground within reach of little hands that want to break the grown up toys.

Mine is in the Canada group 3rd row 3rd pic. See, speakers on the wall... and a cabinet with all the gear out of reach.

ADAM

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Malmer? Holy shit you post here too and GFF? Good to see you man! (It's spat, if you remember me), I recognized your setup in a heart beat.

DELICIOUS BUNNY

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @Duophonix: :D The apartment I live in is about 100 years old. Seriously it's from like 1908, they built it after the big fire of San Francisco burned down most of the city. It still uses individual wires for + and - voltage. Anyway, with a setup like this you never know when something is gonna burst into flame!

@Candlejack: Thanks, I got it during Black Friday. It's a Sharp 42" AQUOS.

I hate to sound like a Sharp advertisement but this tv is tits. If anyone is looking to get an LCD HDTV I can certainly recommend this one.

Atheist Jew

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @SuperMaxZero: I got it from a good friend of mine who works at EB. It came in this package of 6 posters from Ace Combat 6, UTIII, NiGHTs, SM Galaxy, Jericho and The Golden Compass. I'm not sure if they have any more around.

shintourismo

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Great setups to all. Props to the ones that were rocking CRT HDTV's. Good choice. I'm rocking a 34inch SONY CRT WEGA, AKA 200 pound Gorilla. I'm going to upgrade to a 50inch Pioneer "Kuro" Plasma. LCD's are not allow in my crib, F' that.

ShinobiFist(PSN-XBL)

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Incase it dosn't show up (just submitted it) here are pics of my room from today.

[smg.photobucket.com]

Scazza

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Woo hoo my Canada setup made it :3

I really dig the bloodshot with the black gloss finish furniture, very very slick and clean, something I'd love to work on.

DELICIOUS BUNNY

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Hmmm, I don't know why mine isn't there, I sent it to you on Thursday..

I went to Spain and thought it would be there but instead it was an outdated PC.

Oh well.

DiskoDanyo

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @sloner: I tell my wife that all the time!

Hamsnibit

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Mine is the last one in Canada :)

S2000

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @sloner: my big screen impresses the ladies ;-)

DUOPHONIX.com

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Cue the "this guy needs to get laid, bad" comments for some of those pictures.

sloner

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @Atheist Jew: Nice screen!

@Irenicus-the one and only: I think you could use the PS Eye to take the picture, then transfer it to a USB stick or the like, to get it on your PC. Should work.

Candlejack

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @Atheist Jew: LOVE the fire extinguisher hahaha

i cant believe i missed off the hand painted pixel art pictures my sister made me on my photo :-(

DUOPHONIX.com

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Mine's US, 5th row down, first pic. Nothing snazzy but works...and fits in the tiny apartment : )

Nice setups, everyone!

razorangelwings

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> i'm sad i was too late for this. if there is a shortlist, i will include my setup from home and from work.

*the work one includes a chair that is precariously too close to a whole row of retired but not decharged fire extinguishers!

PGGB

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @Candlejack:lol, maybe I will tomorrow, I don't have a digital camera that works however, does the PS eye work for taking snap photos and get them uploaded somehow?

Irenicus-the one and only

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> I forgot to submit my setup but if anyone wants to see it here it is

[img111.imageshack.us]

Atheist Jew

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @Irenicus-the one and only: Sounds reasonable. Submit I say!

Also, your equipment has to be pretty good - it includes a PS3 & PSP after all :)

Candlejack

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @Infradead: haha thanks :-D its attatched to an expensive pc rig that plays some damn fine games !

DUOPHONIX.com

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @NMC ONE WAY: hahah my 15 mins of kotaku fame!

DUOPHONIX.com

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @Draig: thanks, i made it myself

its on here www.duophonix.com

:-)

DUOPHONIX.com

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @Candlejack: No home theater, no surround system to speak of either :(

It is more like a college crib if anything. An HDTV with a PS3, dvd recorder and a psp laying next to it. Then my PC is on a normal IKEA desk I think lol with 3 small speakers, a normal flat computer screen and the comp itself doesn't have a nice extravagant case or anything and is just big. So I'm ashamed lol

Still I think my equipment is pretty good.

@torricus: Cool, I like to see some from my land of Absolute vodka and ABBA :P

Perhaps I will send it later, I will have to think about it :P

Irenicus-the one and only

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @Irenicus-the one and only: Aww don't be afraid :P Nobody's going to laugh.

You've probably got an incredible home theatre anyway and just don't want to show off :D

Candlejack

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @shintourismo:

Hey, where'd you get the Ace Combat 6 poster?
I want one!

SuperMaxZero

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @Irenicus-the one and only: You made me panic for a second, I thought I'd left people out! There are, in fact, TWO submissions from Sweden. But you can still send yours in, too!

@Streeks1984: @KevinSetzer: @ichiban1081: @resetbutton: @ruffstik: @Wolf_Dog: @Scazza: It isn't too late to send in those pictures. Like the other gallery, this will be ongoing, so send me the pics whenever you're ready to toriATkotakuDOTcom.
I look forward to seeing them!

Tori Floyd

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> The TV I use downstairs to play Wii games on is 62 inches I think :o

MidnightScott17

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> What the hell!, the neon Nintendo sign with R.O.B. just fucking owns all.

Fyren

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @sadkermit: I'm such an idiot, I thought Witz compiled this. Sorry for any confusion caused.

sadkermit - soon to be banned for standing up to the ummm nazi.

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @the_sideburns: I love your hanging remotes... I think I might have to implement that idea somewhere...

Scazza

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @Candlejack: I'm too scared to do it lol I feel shame for not having the courage :(

Irenicus-the one and only

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Only time i will ever get a HDTV is when i im forced to get one if a console only allows you to play it with a hdtv. Meanwhile only 60% of gamers would probley have a SDTV and 40% would have HDTV whatever so thirs no rushat the end of the day

Capt_Birdseye

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Thanks for staring into "the worlds smallest house". 410 square feet, FTW! (it's not an apartment, it's an actual house)

Lots of nice set-ups here. I'm buying stock in LCD/Plasma TV's

mydogisdexter

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> I want to show mines as well how do I add it to the list.

Streeks1984

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Its interesting to see how many gamers are not actually playing in HD. There's a lot of 4x3 tvs in there. I think I even saw a 13"... man, those were the days.

jokal25

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> I made it in too!

8th row, 1st image.

Wow, I liked everyones!

I especially liked Kyle's wrap around image he used. The jamma cabinet housing the TV is really cool. [kotaku.com]

Duophonix's setup is simple, and putting himself in the image made me laugh a bit. [kotaku.com]

Mani has a nice simple setup that caught my eye. [kotaku.com]

I really cant comment on every one, but the obvious ones that stand out are shindokie [kotaku.com], randy [kotaku.com], theirishninja [kotaku.com], gus, ed, adolfo, damnit, im not linking every picture at this point. I liked all the international setups outside of the strange Spain one, just seemed a little out of place. You guys pretty much all have awesome setups that I can be jealous of!

:-)

Thanks Kotaku for doing this!

NMC ONE WAY

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> woot, there's mine!

[kotaku.com]

Hamsnibit

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> comments on the individual pics don't seem to be uploading. just looked through all the US ones, and my fav has to be Joshua: A Designer's Loft.

[kotaku.com] - Too awesome.

Mine is simple but I'm proud of it: [kotaku.com]

Here's the tour, counter-clockwise from center right:
Samsung HD Tube
PA comic, "What the eff"
Original Conan print I made in high school art class.
Guitars & Wiimotes.
Wii60 + Gamecube (dedicated Smash machine)
Cheese Balls (best controller bin ever)
DVDs, DS Phatty, Binder O Games
Stealth PS2 and severe fire hazard.

Thanks for looking!

teh_sideburns

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> MrFapFap wins for having two copies of "God Hand"

TheCleaningGuy

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @Irenicus-the one and only: Heh thanks, probably the MGS4 trailer playing on the screen knocks it up a few notches! lol :D

Did you submit yours too?

Candlejack

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Lot's of 360 HD DVD drives too :(

Earthslide

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> B1ooDshOt FTW because it's got everything you need and women wouldn't be embarressed/uncomfortable in that room.

Argyle

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @Candlejack: I think your setup looks great man :)

Irenicus-the one and only

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @Wolfkin: you should've seen it a couple of week's ago before that television. it was worse. it's not so much of a gaming set-up as it is a TV with a Wii and PS2.

teh_joe

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Wow on that US one with the theater seating and intranet cafe style back row...

I would have sent mine in but it isn't terribly exciting. Nobody wants to see stacks of white and brown boxes (although I'm sure most "geeks and nerds" would love to carry away those boxes).

Can't wait to get my own place (well I have one, just needs to get built first, move in date is sometime in 2011). I have the den planned out as my "geek out spot" for my figures, toys and such (trying to keep it confined to a small space). The living room will just be a nice sleek entertainment center full of bookshelves of games. I think my collection is nearing (or perhaps surpased) the 400 game mark (with games dating back to the NES).

angry_gamer

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> show offs lol

Capt_Birdseye

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @JayrodT:
Hehe, I love that poster I got it from a friend of mine who works for WB :)

Great pics so far! I have to get home before I can look through them all.

-EDGE-

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> I wish you guys had given us a bit more time, I was just about ready to send over a pic of our painted Pac-Man inspired gaming room... :\

KevinSetzer

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> @Witzbold: You should send it, mine its very basic as well, but what the hell, the curious thing about mine is that a month ago it was a freaking mess, and i cleaned up just in time to take those pics XD...

TOCATL

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Everyone seems to have tidied up. Well almost everyone.

Also whoever's the German with the green light at the back must be blind by now.
And kudos to the guy with the SNES sign.

BTFzor_Freestyle

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Damn I wish I had my theater/game room ready when this all took place. Wont be ready for another 2 weeks or so. Great setups everyone!

ichiban1081

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> aw man. i wish i sent my pic. oh well maybe next time

resetbutton

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Mine's in there too, cool :)
It's not too great, but then again I'm a poor college student :P

[kotaku.com]

Candlejack

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Duophonix... your obscenely large screen INFURIATES me.
Wish my camera wasn't in France right now.

Infradead

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> I need that Mask of the Phantasm poster....

JayrodT

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> wow....I'm really amazed I didn't see some bigger TV sets....now I want to send a pic of my rig!

Ruffstik

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Also, no one from Sweden? I really should send a pic of my rig, and TV+games set up. But I'm too much of a chicken :D

Irenicus-the one and only

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Nice Super Nes sign :)

Oh and I'm so jealous of some of you guys TV's and PC monitors :( Not for the quality, but the size :P

I need to grow a few inches...

Irenicus-the one and only

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> well I'm a little sad I was included (USA) but I do feel better knowing that my setup (sad as it is) isn't worst out there. I think I beat out Teh_Joe by a nosehair.

Wolfkin

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Hehehe, mine's only one in Wales. =D

akwinters

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Nice, mine made it in, in all its craptastic glory.

Mr Fortitude

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Wow, all of the shots of the US rooms versus the other countries reveal just how much more space we have in this country. We've got some really HUGE rooms compared to a lot of other people.

Mommar

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> lol, i like how my pic managed to be horizontal even though its a vertical picture. mine is totally unworthy next to everyone else's. nice stuff everyone!

teh_joe

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> I really love that Super Nintendo sign in Sam's photo. Also loving the background in Duophonix's picture- super cool.

P.S. Ace to to see Wales representing on Kotaku :D

Draig

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Damn, I was hoping for some strange reason it would be posted under the guise Witzbold, you know...to keep the mystique going :P

It's funny to see the similarities of the different rooms, gaming wise.

sadkermit - soon to be banned for standing up to the ummm nazi.

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Dammit I forgot!
Is it too late to send a pic???

Wolf_Dog

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Was too lazy to send mine in. Even more so since its nothing special. :D

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Mine's the last of the England group, go me!

hamandcheeseUK

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Son of a... I knew I forgot to do something before I left town.

Rabidsquirrel

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> WOO, Last row on the left in USA.

the-sanguine

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Mine: 14th Row, far right.

shintourismo

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Mine too bwhahaha
[kotaku.com]

CYG

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Oh mine is the one in 3rd row middle of Canada :D...

CYG

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Hell yeah! My desk made it in!

[kotaku.com]

shintourismo

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Wow that canuk with the 134in projector, lol...

Is it too late to submit mine? Totally forgot about this...

Scazza

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Yay! All hail my Persona 3 setup :D

Damn... some people have some really nice TVs...

AuraHACK

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Wow i just skimmed through it, but some people have some amazing set ups. Only if i had a bigger t.v Mine is the 2nd row middle one in the states. Sorry for the bad picture.

FP Shindokie

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Wow some really nice ones there, interesting post. Thanks Kotaku for including mine :D

CYG

]]> <![CDATA[Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest Readers]]> Wow great job! Must have taken a lot work to piece this all together.

badddog

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