I’m probably going to take some crap for this, but I think it’s worth it. Before I dig into this piece, let me explain my methodology for choosing those found in this piece. Every once in a while you’ll see a message board thread inviting the community to share their gaming and/or home theater setups. Eager forum users time and time again step up and post their pictures while proudly stating, “this is my setup!” Well, if you’re going to put yourself out there, I’m going to be the jerk that saves your picture, shares it with an audience, and ridicules each and every one of your missteps. To be fair, however, I don’t make fun of people for having poor setups due to financial constraint; everybody is judged according to how well they did within their financial means.
Note: I’ll be adding to this as the need arrives. If you find worthy submissions, email them to me at jar155 [at] gmail dot com.
Ok, now I figure somebody that’s capable of travelling into the future to buy a 360 and making it back to 2003 would be more capable of a sensible setup. How does one even play this thing? Unless you’re 50 feet back from the screen, you’re going to have a sore neck in just a few short minutes of gaming. That’s just problem number one. Number two: THERE IS MORE STUFF CRAMMED IN THERE THAN IN ALL OF CHINA! I mean, I’m glad that he has several highlighters to choose from when needed, but the rest is a bit excessive. Problems three through fifty are your challenge to discover. It’s like Where’s Waldo, except for that nothing is hidden.
 
So when paying the money for the custom Jessica Alba faceplate, did the guy realize that her attributes would be hidden behind the disc slot, memory card slots, and common sense? Couldn’t this guy have gone the cheaper route and just printed the picture out and pinned it on the wall? Oh wait, he probably didn’t want to mess up that killer static noise paint job going on back there. I stand corrected. By corrected I mean for short periods of time. Gaming for such long hours has weakened my legs to the point where they serve more as window dressing than anything else.
This is another example where the guy got close but made a few stupid mistakes. The most obvious is the fact that his entertainment center is belching cords foward. I know that most of us do that “crazy” thing and just hide our cables behind everything, but this guy is truly a shining example of why we’re wrong.
The day that I boot my 360 out of my media center to make way for a killer VCR is the day that you’re invited to pound my face. In fact, just let me know that I’ve crossed that line and I’ll do it myself. At least the clocks on his devices are synced. In the end, that’s probably enough to make up for the cardboard box stand for the 360, right? Nope.
Looks ok, doesn’t it?
Words fail me.
Remember to catch parts one and two of this feature. Also, I’ll keep adding to this part and creating more parts as necessary. Remember, you can submit pics to me for inclusion to jar155 [at] gmail dot com.
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June 18th, 2007 at 11:17 pm
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June 18th, 2007 at 11:19 pm
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June 18th, 2007 at 11:50 pm
That last one is the best. Great special!
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:06 pm
that last one is class !
he even went to the trouble of cutting the wall wonky.
perfect.
May 21st, 2008 at 12:46 pm
you should post yours
May 21st, 2008 at 1:22 pm
nice. though the one with the 360 out like that… chances are it’s like me with my ps3. I take it all over the place. It doesn’t just sit in my entertainment center, it’s often being taken to friend’s places. There’s a 360 sitting like that in my living room once a week when a friend brings his over.
May 21st, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Those aren’t VCR’s those are TimeWarner Cable Boxes (one is the DVR model and the other is the regular model). I don’t know why he has both, but give some credit - it is not a VCR.
May 21st, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Are you some kind of gay nerd home decor person?
Seriously, we aren’t all rich, or case about aesthetics as much as the shit just working.
May 21st, 2008 at 4:12 pm
dude….get a life. nobody gives a shit about your setup critiques, except for the other virgin losers that u probably game with every night instead of getting laid/having friends
May 21st, 2008 at 5:12 pm
If possible, some of you guys should figure out a way to take these posts a bit more personally and seriously.
May 21st, 2008 at 6:57 pm
I have to beleive that the guy with the 360 on a red box did it so that his system wouldn’t overheat and get a red ring of death.
May 29th, 2008 at 12:39 am
they call it stupid gamer, cuz they all have 360s! ps3 power!!!
June 22nd, 2008 at 12:19 pm
I’m not a gamer so it took 2 times for me to understand what the heck you all were talking about . this what happens when you have more money than common sense.