I really dislike most of the “battlestation” stuff I see online—if you’re not familiar with the term, I it’s associated with people posting pictures of their PC gaming rigs. But most of it is just too clean! Influencer chic, streamer house style with flawless cable management and no indication that somebody actually plays games or works there.

When I see a desk with some clutter or like, something weird propping up the monitor, I know it’s real. It’s more beautiful to me than the smoothest, most LED RGB hypebeast thing. Basically, my ideal setup is the PC equivalent of the Satoru Iwata Saw basement station.

I though he was gonna make an extended point but that’s the whole article above, basically wncapsuled in the title. I think he just wanted to show off the basement photo he found