This month I upgraded my operating System from Windows XP to Windows 7 (still 32bit).

Afterwards,I went through close to a hundred PC games in my collection and donated 99 percent of them to a local charity thrift shop. Main reason: not Windows 7 compliant,Now I am down to just under 30 PC games.

I was able to get Sid Maier's Civilization IV up-and-running even though it is not meant for Windows 7; by following a custom install recipe and installing the game to a different 'custom created' folder on a different hard disk than the main operating system. This game, and about five others are being kept in hopes of getting them to work in a W7 environment by custom installing them based on what I learned from the CIV IV lesson.

Youda Sushi Chef is my new game-of-choice for unwinding, relaxing, or just doing next-to-nothing (minesweeper, solitaire type of thing). Previously it was Burger Shop 2. Check both these games out for winding down, or just plain simple fun.

Really getting in to Skyrim right now; but I am convinced I need to custom build a new PC from the motherboard up again; I'm not spending $1200 bucks on a new PC just to play Skyrim, so I will be satisfied to play it at the lowest quality video settings for now ...and I can forget about mods too.