It's not that bad but it isn't very good either.
Its alright. Don't expect great gaming performance, but you'll get along with BL and Minecraft fine if you don't mind having low to no shaders.
another new router would be better
that is not considered "pretty expensive" as far as laptops go
^^ thisIs low to mid range.
If you don't want to spend a lot of money you can get something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215622It's a pretty decent machine, would be good for BL and other simple games + web browsing.