Posts tagged online

Local Multiplayer Accomplishes Things That Can’t Be Done Online

Jul 31st

Posted by Moofey in Gaming Community

Captain Obvious title, mirite?

In this day and age, the Internet is bringing everyone together in new ways. From the days of usenet, to AOL chatrooms and IRC, followed by BBSes (now forums) we are now in an age where social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook are commonplace.

For most of the past fifteen years, PC gaming has had its place online in one way or another. At the turn of the century, that started to spread to consoles, starting with the Dreamcast and XBOX. Today, every current-gen console and handheld is online and part of its own distinct service; XBOX Live for the 360, Playstation Network for the PS3 and PSP, and Nintendo WFC for the Wii and DS. Nowadays, many console games ship with multiplayer modes that are strictly online, where in the past we would have split screen. As time wore on, the Internet has reshaped the way we play games with other people.

However, this does not mean that the days of local multiplayer are gone forever.

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List: Ten In-Game-Name fads that need to DIE

Jan 26th

Posted by Moofey in Games

Anyone who has played any sort of online game, or even been on a website with any sort of community integration, knows about the “username” or in the case of gaming the “in-game-name”, more aptly known as an IGN.  Over time, most people grow an attachment to said names. (Much like myself and the names “Moofey”, “Dah-BAM!”, or one that would fit one of the ten I’m about to mention, “musicman2059″)

Unfortunately, too many of those names are based off of well-known fads. These names are usually taken by people that have no sense of netiquette and in some cases only want to cause problems.  Of course, not all are like this and they don’t influence my list in any way, but after seeing so many names of the same, it starts to get really annoying.

This is a list that has been done by people before.  Some of mine might be similar to those lists with a difference: This is my list.  The following ten IGN fads are all things that I think need to be put to rest ASAP.

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