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[Dio]

GAMING CHAIR!

GAMING TABLE!

GAMING GLASSES!

GAMING HEADSETS!

GAMING GRAPHICS CARDS!

GAMING PC CASES!

GAMING MICE!

GAMING FOOD!

GAMING SPEAKERS!

GAMING KEYBOARDS!

I want to say Razer is at fault, but I don't think they invented this. Who started this media blitz and when? I haven't found much info on google about it.

I'm well aware a lot of it is overpriced crap that isn't all that functional (although that's not true in a couple cases), but I still want to know where this came from.

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...Gaming router? What's this?

THE UNENLIGHTENED MASSES

THEY CANNOT MAKE THE JUDGEMENT CALL

GIVE UP FREE WILL FOREVER THEIR VOICES WON'T BE HEARD AT ALL

EDIT: Razer update for your Razer needs:

(the first one's an April Fool's joke)

And a classic I forgot to add to the thread:

GAMER COMPRESSED AIR!

Video related. Yeah, h3h3 did a video on this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1wBkNjTKgs

 

[sixteen-bit]

i remember the samsung gxtv being marketing to games enthusiasts

 

[5taquitos]

Maybe Alienware back in the day?

 

[manny10032]

Buying a "gaming" chair was the best gaming investment I've ever made.

 

[Sou Da]

I feel that started with consoles.

 

[Air Zombie Meat]

Going to guess it started in the nineties.That was the decade of extreeeme.

 

[lazygecko]

We really need a photoshop contest for gamer-brand household items. Can you imagine what an Alienware dishwasher or espresso machine would look like?

 

[super-famicom]

At least as far back as the Game Boy

 

[Hektor]

STOP EATING LIKE A NOOB!
GET GAMERFOOD!

 

[Anoregon]

NUTS OF DESTRUCTION

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

Honestly, that table looks clean AF.

 

[Lake Effect Kid]

UH. ITS CALLED GAMER GEAR OP. YOU STUPID N00B. XD

 

[HStallion]

Gamers did by buying this garish over designed shit.

 

[Cess007]

Your first 4 picks seems to have an element in common, but I just can't get what it might be...

 

[rugioh]

 

[SinCityAssassin]

No amount of GAMERZ gear will be cooler than this kid.

 

[mr2xxx]

What are those rods at the end of table for?

 

[kafiend]

Creative had those Fatal1ty series of sound cards. That must have started around 2007-8

 

[shandy706]

At least as far back as the Game Boy

I mean....even further...lol. Arcade days at least..haha.

 

[super-famicom]

What are those rods at the end of table for?

I'm thinking you hang your headset(s) there.

 

[Kyne]

What are those rods at the end of table for?

it's a gamer table. It doubles as a fuzball entertainment system.

 

[Tambini]

Some guy I knew was going on about this Gamer Fuel he bought off the internet to get better at Battlefield or something, when it arrived it was actually called Gamma Fuel, just an expensive energy drink lol. He also has a gaming chair, desk, the lot ..

 

[Dio]

Buying a "gaming" chair was the best gaming investment I've ever made.

I guarantee you that there are better office chairs that do the exact same thing but are cheaper.

 

[Alric]

At least as far back as the Game Boy

What I was going to post too.

 

[Air Zombie Meat]

I guarantee you that there are better office chairs that do the exact same thing but are cheaper.

Yeah but are they luminous green? Thats the important part.

 

[Athreous]

Paying 500$ for a headphone or a mouse... OMG what mischief is this?

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

It was the 90s-early 00s EXTREEEEEEME zeitgeist that somehow just never left gaming like it did the rest of mainstream culture.

 

[AtomicShroom]

I'm guessing the PC modding scene in the 90's is the biggest culprit. At LAN parties, it would not be uncommon to see people drop by with heavily-modified PCs with transparent cases, lights, tubes, water-cooling, etc.... It seemed like they were all trying to one-up each other. It was not unlike street racing fans gazing at their modified cars and whatnot.

 

[thefro]

Goes back to the NES days at least.

Sega really solidified it with their ads in the US.

Extreme gamer! stuff was well-established by 1990 with Video Power

 

[dezzy8]

When mofos started customizing their PC cases with plexiglass and neon lights and ugly designs.

 

[dh4niel]

This must have started it:

 

[Mcdohl]

I hate this trend.

It all looks so awful, over-designed, borderline tacky imo.

That's why I stay far away from gamer gear.

 

[DOWN]

Mad Catz

 

[Tagyhag]

As goofy as those glasses are, they do work.

Of course, it's easier to just use f.lux...

 

[Imp the Dimp]

No idea but it looks utterly awful and did so when I was 13 too so no excuses. This shit didnt look acceptable in the 90s and still doesn't. I avoid any 4GAMERZ looking periphery because they quite literally insult my aesthetic sense.

 

[BocoDragon]

Remember Microsoft Sidewinder? Extreeeeeeeme packaging.

Maybe the answer is that gaming products just never shed the aesthetics of the radical 80s or extreme 90s... and eventually it evolved into the "green tribal tattoo" look of the 2000s.

 

[TransTrender]

What are those rods at the end of table for?

Well at least one of them can be used to hang your headphones, but I don't know about the rest...because...gaming...I...guess?

 

[djplaeskool]

God, I remember when every other PC component was Fatal1ty branded.

 

[shandy706]

I didn't have this one...

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I do have this though...

 

[super-famicom]

Paying 500$ for a headphone or a mouse... OMG what mischief is this?

Hey, some headphones at that price point are actually really good. Headphones from AKG, Sennheiser, Audio Technica, Beyerdynamic, etc. make your music, gaming, and tv/movie experiences much better. That said, there's a price point that I won't go past since I'm happy with the mid-tier stuff I have. And a lot of lower priced headphones are comparable to some of the more expensive ones in sound quality.

But the gaming branded headsets with 7.1 surround sound and whatnot? Overpriced for the actual quality in most cases.

 

[Latimer]

I guarantee you that there are better office chairs that do the exact same thing but are cheaper.

But are they as COOL?

 

[applesaucejaxon]

i remember the samsung gxtv being marketing to games enthusiasts

I wanted one of those so bad!!! My parents refused. Got me a Wal-Mart Sanyo instead...

 

[Prisoner KSC2-303]

I think 3rd party pads in the 16 bit era really cemented the idea that you could get some kind of edge with peripherals, and things snowballed from there. Everyone had a lurid cheap pad with auto fire toggles, though you'd always give it to your friend when playing as the D-pads and buttons sucked.

 

[Piers]

GAMING TABLE!

Wouldn't you want a Football Table hidden within that?

 

[LiK]

When FATAL1TY started putting his name on random crap.

 

[many places]

Alienware probably or that fatality guy branding motherboards and shit.

 

[Jacksinthe]

I'm assuming Clifford B when he used to wear chains n shit and bedazzle his clothing.

 

[dracula_x]

Yep, it's a shame.

 

[Mindlog]

This must have started it:

Gets my pick.

 

[Archpath1]

MD Gamer Fuel is all I need bruh.