I am. Really. I know it’s hard to believe, but bear with me.

I’m a pretty self-important consumer.

Let’s look at gaming. I own a PS3. I want to purchase an Xbox 360 soon, I wouldn’t mind owning a Wii, but I like PC gaming best. I can play PC games anywhere I have a computer. I can use nearly any input I want–Xbox controller, PS3 controller, keyboard and mouse, classic gamepad, joystick, etc.

For a while it was enough for me to say that if a game wasn’t coming out for PC, I wouldn’t buy it. In truth, there are enough good games out on PC to keep me occupied for years. Eventually games like Uncharted 2 came along to make me finally buy a console (the PS3 being a Blu-Ray player I could stream files to from my PC helped make that decision, too).

I still have a bit of a chip on my shoulder. I was considering not buying Red Dead Redemption because it came out for 360 and PS3 but not PC. I probably will buy it soon, but why isn’t it out for PC? I’m sure it will be in a few months, just like GTA4 was, but it’s still a letdown.

Steam is a cool community/online gaming middleman/distribution platform for the PC. It allows you to download games to as many PCs as you want, but you have to be logged in to play them. It completely erases the need for installation discs. As someone with a couple boxes of computer discs, it’s a great boon.

Two things Steam should do though, to make their service that much better:

1) Backup game saves and sync them between all of a user’s computers.

2) Remove the damn age-verification screens in their app if I’m logged in.

The other day, Attack of the Show’s segment “The Loop” asked the question, “Is PC gaming dead?” It’s a very troubling question for me, I am a PC gamer. There are a lot of different issues involved, but I’m going to try and tackle a lot of them in this article. (SPOILER!!!–PC Games RULE!!!)

So the Playstation 3′s price has dropped $100 (to $299), and they’re releasing a 120GB new slim-design in September. You can get the current 80GB model for $299 on amazon.com and places like Gamestop, though I think Sony will soon stop producing those.