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.
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…