Describe How Video Game Specs Work here, but in layman's terms, please (like the Guinness World Records, we're just here to head off hunting bets, not prep you for IT 101.) This isn't The Other Wiki. Ah, video game specs. The fanboys like to use them as the ultimate indisputable weapon in their Flame Wars. But they don't really know what they mean, for they barely look past one aspect of them. So if you really want to know what specs actually mean for video game systems (which covers computers, set-tops, and handhelds), just take a look at the following pages.