Wow… so let me set the scene a little. I’m a 40yr old dad of two who always was into PC gaming when he was a kid and even as a teenager, having build numerous PCs through my life.

However as with every dad, life gets in the way and this part of my life disappeared a bit until recently when my boys starting to show interest in gaming. So I’ve set them up with a second hand xbox series s and a 3 year gamepass ultimate subscription (bought cheap). So basically I don’t have to worry for the next 3 years buying games for them.

I was never that into console gaming myself do so last week I splurged on SD OLED 512Gb (wanted the glossy and I’ll probably upgrade the internal SSD to a 2/4Tb at some point so I didn’t see a point “waisting” 100€ on the 1Tb).

And wow… what a beautiful well crafted device! I only played an hour or so and I am a total sucker for Valve so I immediately went and install the original Half-Life (this game, including DM/CS shaped me as a gamer) and the experience was very overwhelming and very nostalgic for myself, bringing back 25year old memories. Playing a shooter with controller is a bit tricky, being used to keyboard and mouse, but I’m sure I get better.

I’m very glad I choose experience (steamos) over performance (rog/legion - which for sure is way to big for me now I experienced the SD).

It’s the first time in a couple decades I see myself finishing a game because I can play 30-60min in bed or in the sofa effortlessly!

Just wow…! Thought I’d share for all the dads out there!

(Actually now I’m doubting I maybe should start over HL but play Black Messa instead, seems very true to the original but looking better - happy to hear your thought!)