For years I had been building my own custom 'gaming rigs' (powerful desktop machines that required me to sit in my basement office whenever I felt like playing a game).
Fast forward a few years with the advent of HDMI TV's and video cards/cables capable of connecting to them easily I began my exodus from the 'basement dungeon'. My wife and kids began finding my powerful desktop gaming rigs sitting in the family and/or living room(s). Suddenly the...