The war between PC gaming and console gaming has been heating up lately, especially surrounding the release of these ?next gen? consoles that are less powerful than a PC from even a few years ago. Even my four year old laptop is more powerful. For years, PC gamers politely sat by and watched the games we love get dumbed down both graphically and, more importantly, the game play has been simplified to accommodate the player base of the console. Modern games are riddled with ?quick time? events which, to me, are no more like gaming than watching a movie and needing to press a button for the next scene.

Thankfully, PC gaming seems to be on the rise, heaving itself from the ashes of mediocre games and rising like a phoenix to the call of games like Star Citizen. I cannot express my joy with this enough, and now that PC gaming is more accessible than ever before, I hope to see more and more beginners building their own PCs. I hate to see anyone ?taken for a ride?. I want people to be knowledgeable and capable so they are not swayed by PC companies that promise PC gaming and beauty in their craftsmanship, but at a cost much higher than what it should be. For that, people may as well stay on consoles. I mentioned the phoenix rising up from the ashes because there is a company which wants to help people rise up to the glory of PC gaming, and their name reflects that. BitFenix build beautiful, quality cases that are geared towards the more budget minded end of the spectrum.