Gaming

7 Tools You Need To Survive A LAN Party

Online gaming may be the preferred form of multiplayer showdowns these days, but the LAN party still exists. They’re gruelling, caffeine-fuelled affairs that can span multiple days, and intimidate the uninitiated. So here’s everything you need to fit in.


December 2, 2009
Uncategorized

Now THIS Is A LAN Party

Dreamhack, a 10,000-person LAN party that just occurred in Sweden, is a close second to a few buddies and some hot pockets in a basement. If you’re into this sort of thing. [Dreamhack and Flickr]


April 29, 2009
Computing

The LAN Warrior Is Easily the Dorkiest PC We’ve Seen This Week

You’re a dork, a huge dork. And you should never be out-dorked by anyone, even your closest friends, even at a LAN party.


March 17, 2009
Computing

Hacksac: Like a Rucksac for People Afraid of the Sun

For people who love LAN parties, computer manufacturers have started selling gigantic “gaming laptops” that make moving your rig easier. For those still with a tower to move, however, there’s the Hacksac.


July 8, 2008
Gaming

Commodore 64 LAN Party features First C64 Online Multiplayer Game

A Commodore 64 Expo was held recently, where attendees dusted off their Commodore 64s, networked them together and had an old-fashioned LAN party to play NetRacer — a new C64 racing game that supports 8 people over Internet or LAN for the first time. Organised by the Cincinnati Commodore Computer Club in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky (!?), the event was attended by the likes of Dragos, Dopple, Elwix and Snogpitch.


February 1, 2008
Online

Happy 30th Birthday LAN! Thank God For Meatball Sandwiches

Oh LAN, it seems like it was only yesterday that your first commercial installation (ARCnet) was born at Chase Manhattan Bank in New York. We must give thanks to Harry Pyle and that meatball sandwich he was eating for providing the inspiration behind ARCnet all those years ago. Enjoy it while you can old friend, because the times are changing, and you may not live to see your 40th.