Gamers: Need help with game chair.

The Game Room
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I intend to get my son a gaming chair for Xmas.

Since I know absolutely NOTHING about gaming, I’d appreciate any thoughts or opinions.

I saw one at Walmart for $79. What wasn’t clear to me is how does the chair hook up to my son’s PS3? Is that an extra cable I have to buy?
I’d like to keep it under $200. (My son is 14, small build, if that matters)

Thanks

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Uh… chair? I mean, am I getting whooshed or something? What does the chair do, exactly?

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Here ya’ go.

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I had one of the cheap floor rocker ones you find at Wal-Mart. I hated the thing, it was exceedingly uncomfortable. Very little padding, and if you weren’t sitting precisely in the middle you ended up sitting on the hard frame. Might not be a problem for your son, but at 14 he’s likely to be growing up and out a bit more.

The actual “game” part of the chair was useless. You had to run a cable across the floor to plug it in, and when you did the speakers sounded worse than the TV speakers, even on the old CRT TV I had at the time.

They’re the kinda thing I could see being cool, but only for the nicer ones with good surround sound speakers and the like.

I don’t know about others in that price range, but if you’re looking for seating for a small room you might want to consider picking up a large bean-bag chair or a decent sized moon chair instead.

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My kid has one of those cheap rockers as well. I didn’t need any extra cords, I believe it came with a 6’ or 8’ cord that connected to the audio out port on the PS3. Nothing much more to it that that and plugging the chair itself in. It’s just a set of speakers on a chair.

I don’t know how comfortable his is but the seat itself is all torn to hell because you’re naturally slouching downward while you’re sitting on it (esp. if you’re a teenager) and the cheap leather and stitching gives way under the weight. My kid is 13 and of slight build as well and his seat looks like someone attacked it with a knife.

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this:

  • a high end gaming PC Or don’t bother.

For most other game chairs, the “game” part is just a set of cheap speakers. Get a nice, comfy desk/living room chair instead. There’s should be plenty of options at $200, and that’s all he’ll need to be comfortable while gaming.

Or maybe one of those big bean bag chairs? Those are cool.

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My favorite gaming chair was one of those round Papasan chairs from PierOne Imports. You could recline but still have your feet on the ground. Many, many hours spent in it.

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Not quite in the price range, but this would be a cool chair to play games from…
http://www.indiegogo.com/ESCAPsulE