Multiplay Insomnia i54 in a nutshell

As wonderful as the great outdoors is though, it's inside where the majority of the action is. There's the BYOC LAN halls of course, which are always an impressive sight. However this time, to accommodate the main stage moving indoors – again, thanks to the local football team having the gall to use their own field – everyone has been split up. A pair of LAN halls are located upstairs, while the remainder are down in the basement.

Dare you enter?

If you do, it's about what you would expect, with just smaller numbers of people in each hall. It's still several hundred a piece though, so it's still quite an impressive sight.

If you didn't feel like bringing your entire home gaming system with you to this iSeries event however, you'll likely be more interested in the main expo, which has plenty on show, despite being a little more retail orientated than we're used to at a LAN festival.

Chillblast has a lot of pretty PCs on show, as well as a number of different competitions giving away gaming mice of various values.

This Borg Cube-looking PC caught out attention.

Overclockers Uk was in attendance as you might expect, showing off its resident OC champion 8-Pack, as much as some beautiful gaming PCs.

Along with a PC featuring RAM that's lit up by the strip-light equivalent of a plasma ball, this purple and white, water cooled set up was particularly pretty.

For those bringing their PCs to this iSeries, don't forget that OCUK is again offering its delivery to desk system. Just order your parts online and they'll deliver them from the warehouse, to your desk within 24 hours. Better yet, take it to their booth and they'll even install it for you.

PC Specialist has a few interesting bits of kit on show, as well as plenty of stations to try out some of its more popular peripheral choices and pre-built systems.

One thing GAME did have on show which impressed was a set of pre-built MAME cabinets. I really want one of these.

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