3 Laptops meets your requirement : 1) Acer AS5742G-6846 15.6-Inch Laptop (Mesh Black) 2) Acer AS5552G-7632 15.6-Inch Laptop (Mesh Black) 3) Dell Alienware M11x.
You'd probably want to wait a month or so when AMD launches their new A-series platform (codenamed "Llano"). The reason being that it's strength is exactly what you described - multimedia and gaming! Even if you don't go with AMD, it should at least cause some price-drops all around.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.