TY - JOUR AU - Gibbs, Martin AU - Carter, Marcus AU - Nansen, Bjorn PY - 2017/10/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Those Led-Lit Water-Kooled Multi-Screen Streamline Battlestations JF - AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research JA - SPIR VL - 0 IS - 0 SE - Papers G DO - UR - https://spir.aoir.org/ojs/index.php/spir/article/view/10055 SP - AB - Battlestations are customized desktop computers, typically devoted to gaming. In this paper we present analysis of the all-time top 50 up-voted battlestations on the /r/battlestations subreddit. Through an examination of these highly commended battlestations and the community criteria defining a “good” battlestation we provide insights into the material culture of computer customization and its significance within internet gaming sub-cultures. ER -