ell just began selling XPS Gaming PCs featuring the Killer NIC!

he rumor: http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/09/17/google-valve  is that Google will buy Valve any day now. For gamers, this means your favorite program: Steam, which holds all your game logins and keys as well as makes it easy to buy and plan games, will get heftier and cooler. It also means LAG could become WORSE before it gets better. Google is set up for big things (like Yahoo), or slow things (like gmail), but for FAST things (like games) they could seriously slow your experience.

ecently, it was reported that gaming is supposedly slowing.  While this is alarming for those of us in the gaming business, it shouldn’t be taken too seriously. If you do any surveys or talk to gamers, you will find that they are spending increasingly more of their disposable income on gaming related purchases. Why? Lots of factors: Price of Gas, Quality of Games, Awesomeness of latest GPUs and Gen3 Consoles, and Casual games. So, why the disconnect from industry folks like NPD Group  and the gamer on the street? And what is it that will (or already is) making gaming blast off? My thoughts… I believe it is Online Gaming.. Read on.

o, my gaming laptop died.  I've had it for 3 years.... and enjoyed many many hours of WoW and Counterstrike Source on it.  It was a Dell XPS Gaming Laptop (called Gen 2).  And it was sweet....  Funny, it never occurred to me that OTHER people might be gaming on a laptop too... yep, it is a huge growing phenomenon.  It's not just a trend, but is real, and can be seen in the hallways of gaming conventions and even office buildings.  Its big... and growing... and I can't wait!  Lag issues on Laptops are even BIGGER than on Desktops...and serious gamers, that want to play on laptops should consider the Lag!