The FPS Gaming Community in Australia: Excerpted from the book Virtual Nation, The Internet in Australia by Gerard Goggin

The FPS Gaming Community in Australia: Excerpted from the book Virtual Nation, The Internet in Australia by Gerard Goggin The online FPS community is in many ways international; however, gaming cultures have developed slightly differently in different countries. While it can be seen that Australians have contributed significantly to the development of FPS games, mods …

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GRAZING AT THE SERVER FARM by Dennis Cass, SPIN Magazine, July 1999

GRAZING AT THE SERVER FARM  Vaginal Love Beads, The Loser Rack, and a Shirt That Chicks Dig: A Three-Day LAN Party is Much, Much More than 4,320 Continuous Minutes of Quake. FEATURE by Dennis Cass. PHOTOS by Jeff Minton. SPIN Magazine, July 1999 FRIDAY SEVENTEEN YEAR-OLD TIFFANY BLECHA (A.K.A. MASCOT) doesn't play Quake 2 or …

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BBC NEWS Sci/Tech: Thousands die on screen – at PC party

BBC NEWS Sci/Tech: Thousands die on screen - at PC party By Internet Correspondent Chris Nuttall, Monday, March 29, 1999 "Deep in the bosom of the gentle night... I struggle to fight dark forces...without fear...insomnia...I can't get no sleep." Faithless - Insomnia In the half-light of a darkened theatre - fittingly run by the Ministry of …

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Clan of the Burning Dog LAN Party 1, Last Weekend of July 1999

The CBD Lan Party in Cleveland rocked! We had a ton of fun, and are already scheduling the next one for this coming weekend. We had 12 CBDs there I believe, and we had a blast, playing games, abusing the T1, eating out, and going to strip clubs ;-) We also consumed a fair amount of what we will only call "substance" ;-) So here are a few pix, wish we would have taken more, but we were having so much fun we didn't think of it ;-) I just want to know why there are so many damn pix of 70th guess we wanted to make sure everyone knew how much of a m0m0 he is. ;-)