Kostya

Ok, so here's the thing.

I want to get a laptop. Now ostensibly this machine is for University work, thesis writing, internet research and so on.

But let's cut to the brass tacks people, I want to be able to play some cool games on this baby too.

Now, I've spent a few solid hours researching into laptop tech, and Sony vs Dell vs HP vs Toshiba, and I've deduced the following:

1. I am a hopeless mutant with little or no technological knowledge.
2. Laptops are scary and complex.
3. People give a lot of contradictory information.
4. The TFP is pretty damn reliable.

So basically I'm asking, do any of you guys game on laptops. I mean, I dig that they're never going to compete with the latest desktop models, but are there machines out there capable of running badass games like HL2 or Doom3?

Any other reccomendations on what to look out for. Battery life in powerful notebooks seems to be pretty damn short, any ways to get around this?