Sometimes I wonder what the thought process behind the gaming aesthetic was. RGB (*if tunable) itself is fine and adds a nice opportunity for personalization, but are those tacky fonts, crystal-facet enclosures, and overall showiness just tasteless or do any gamers actually prefer that look?

  • @[email protected]
    72•21 days ago

    Guilty as charged.

    Edited to add, this is actually a slightly old picture. I have a white GPU now.

  • FiveMacs
    58•21 days ago

    No, RGB is annoying and gets disabled if I have no other choice. It’s cheap and tacky looking. Basically anything marketed as ‘gaming’ in my eyes is sub tier garbage.

    My overall view on all products, not just gaming stuff if the more buzzwords and slogans and whatnot a company uses, the less I give a crap about them and will actually actively avoid it. Just means they spend more on nonsensical crap then the actual product.

    In short; More marketing budget = less quality product

  • @[email protected]
    52•21 days ago

    Generally I’m not a fan. Personally I like cold, unassuming industrial stuff.

    Something like

    OR

  • @[email protected]
    47•21 days ago

    I would prefer basic, subtle, black. I don’t want rainbows and lights. I’m very function over form.

    I’d also rather play a game on medium settings where it runs flawlessly and doesn’t make the fans go hard, than at high settings with worse performance.

    • @[email protected]
      5•20 days ago

      I typically avoid RGB everything.

      My everything is black. My mouse has lights but they’ve been turned off since I got it.

      My keyboard is black. Except for a tiny red line around the volume knob. It’s not a light to, just an accent color. And all the keys are blank. The 3 lock lights are there, but even those are darker than most other boards.

  • @[email protected]English
    32•21 days ago

    I absolutely love the tacky gamer look. I think that most flagship tech these days has a terrible lack of whimsy which makes me a bit sad. Look at back at the old imacs compared to the laptops that apple offers today. Look at the phones of the early 2000s compared to what’s currently on offer. It’s all straight lines and greyscale now. I do understand that that’s a classier look, but I wish there was more out there for people like me who want something that looks a bit more colourful and fun whilst still having good specs.

    In my opinion, the gamer aesthetic usually doesn’t go hard enough. When my PC is turned off, it’s just a black rectangle. But it’s the best I can get without breaking the bank or doing something super custom.

    • @[email protected]English
      9•21 days ago

      To be fair, those pretty old designs produced a lot of plastic waste. The aluminum ones are much better for the environment. Still, I do miss the interesting designs, shapes, textures and colors.

  • @[email protected]
    19•20 days ago

    I think the industry still thinks their target audience is 12 year olds. It’s evident also in the aesthetic of the games they make. That being said I am seeing a slow change for the better. If only I could say the same about the prices…

  • @[email protected]
    16•21 days ago

    I am but a single humble meatbag that enjoys games and can’t speak for all gamers, but I generally dislike the typical “gaming rig” aesthetic. I don’t want RGB lights. I don’t like ostentatious looking cases or accessories. I do find it tasteless, to reuse your term.

    No sleight on those that do though. If that’s your style, then enjoy it!

    • candyman337
      6•21 days ago

      Some tasteful rgb isn’t bad but it has to be executed really well

  • @[email protected]English
    15•21 days ago

    Generally yes, though I do want it to be functional foremost. My computer is essentially a toy to me. When I press a button on my keyboard and it shoots a wave across my peripherals that is cool to me, or when the lighting is synchronized with what’s happening in game, very neat. People take themselves way too seriously.

  • @[email protected]
    15•20 days ago

    The eye grabbing lights and glass covers are fucking idiotic. My best builds are black towers, great airflow, minimal lights, and barely any noise. I’m focused on the game, not the machine.

    The thing needs to be forgotten. It’s not the center of attention. The monitor is.

  • @[email protected]
    15•20 days ago

    I would like it if it was subtle, maybe a few thin rgb lines around the main board like traces, and something similar on other components.

    I hate the everything blaring random lights look, its like a kids attempt to draw attention, it works but when you look you wish you hadn’t.

  • @[email protected]
    15•20 days ago

    I hate it. I resent that I have to get an app to turn off the horrible lights in the computer and peripherals.

  • @[email protected]
    13•21 days ago

    I started off with fan grills and led fans and cold cathode lighting way back when.

    Now, my gaming PC, which is about due for its 5 yr update again, is in an old antec sonata case from 2008ish. I’ll probably splurge on a new one next round, but if it’s fancy, it will be one of those unassuming fractal cases with wood.

    No lights if I can help it.

  • @[email protected]
    12•20 days ago

    The wonders of marketing making people believe that RGB vomit is desirable.

    The only LED i care about is white.

  • I Cast Fist
    12•20 days ago

    I’m over 30, but even when i was in my early 20s I couldn’t stand the blaring lights. A HS friend built up a rig with full flashy RGB shit and I was like “why?” - He thought it was cool, possibly still does.

    I mean, I’m supposed to look at the monitor, not the fan or the mouse. Keyboard blacklight is good, tho, so long as it’s not red nor a dancing rainbow. Yellow or white are the best kb backlight imo