Comments on: Online Gaming http://nslog.com/2008/01/04/online_gaming The Weblog of Erik J. Barzeski Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:43:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Johan Svensson http://nslog.com/2008/01/04/online_gaming#comment-45252 Johan Svensson Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:44:10 +0000 http://nslog.com/2008/01/04/online_gaming#comment-45252 Only the desktop computer at the moment (and barely anything but WoW at that), but now that some more of my friends just got 360s we're talking about playing stuff on Live. Only the desktop computer at the moment (and barely anything but WoW at that), but now that some more of my friends just got 360s we're talking about playing stuff on Live.

]]> By: Erik J. Barzeski http://nslog.com/2008/01/04/online_gaming#comment-45232 Erik J. Barzeski Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:33:46 +0000 http://nslog.com/2008/01/04/online_gaming#comment-45232 Back when PCs had all the games and Macs had none, I was largely content because I had my N64, Dreamcast, or some other console to fill the gaming void. The one thing the consoles lacked for quite awhile was the ability to play online, and aside from the occasional Unreal Tournament that was thrown the direction of Mac users (usually well after the PC crowd had moved on to another game), I was left out of online gaming. Not true today. Even the lowly Wii allows for online gaming, and the Xbox Live and PSN are even better at bringing gamers together. Plus, you no longer have to worry about whether you've got cooperating versions of the game, the latest patches, etc. It's a brave new world in which to (virtually) shoot someone. :-P Back when PCs had all the games and Macs had none, I was largely content because I had my N64, Dreamcast, or some other console to fill the gaming void.

The one thing the consoles lacked for quite awhile was the ability to play online, and aside from the occasional Unreal Tournament that was thrown the direction of Mac users (usually well after the PC crowd had moved on to another game), I was left out of online gaming.

Not true today. Even the lowly Wii allows for online gaming, and the Xbox Live and PSN are even better at bringing gamers together. Plus, you no longer have to worry about whether you've got cooperating versions of the game, the latest patches, etc.

It's a brave new world in which to (virtually) shoot someone. :-P

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