Tales from IT – Gaming is Not Increasing Your Electric Bill June 20, 2024

Getting a little personal here with today’s Tales from IT. Most of his life, Maniac’s parents had blamed him for his home’s exorbitant electrical bills. They assumed that playing on a 300watt PC during his downtime not at school (so, five to seven hours a day) was causing their monthly electric bills to clear over four-hundred dollars. At the same time, they had a convenient amnesia over the fact their home also had a full-time deep freezer, a full refrigerator, two mini (bar) fridges, two basement dehumidifiers, and two of the most inefficient central air units that had ever been constructed.

So how much power does playing video games really take up? Well, let’s give it a watch.