Sentences with phrase «lan parties»

Being able to tuck it straight up is a great feature for LAN parties or long gaming sessions, but makes you look like an unemployed cosmonaut when you're watching a movie.

The keyboard is designed to be compact and lightweight making it easy to carry with you to LAN parties and tournaments.

A great headset for avid gamers, but there are cheaper headsets for those more interested in casual gaming than LAN parties and...

And any gamer who throws LAN parties will want to hear about Netgear's gamer - oriented model.

Most buyers probably aren't planning to tote their rigs around frequently, but some PC gamers like to participate in LAN parties or play face - to - face at a friend's house.

The boxy system is still heavy and hard to move, though, so this is not the rig to buy if you frequent LAN parties.

But the sci - fi series deserves all the praise in the world for delivering an epic, controller - based campaign, and giving us reason to haul our giant original Xbox's around for console LAN parties.

Often described as the «Woodstock of gaming» and a weekend of «peace, love, and rockets», QuakeCon has grown to become one of the US's largest LAN parties, sitting alongside the Dreamhack events.

Major tournaments on college campuses, massive LAN parties that filled apartments and houses with Xboxes and TV's were a common sight for many years during the reign of Halo and Halo 2.

Also, I used to tear it up at local LAN parties and even in online tournaments in Quake 3 and all of the Unreal Tournament games..

One after another my friends began to purchase Xbox's so we could hold Halo LAN parties.

Multiplayer was the hidden - treasure of Carmageddon back in the dark days of LAN parties, but will now be able to be enjoyed by almost all of our players, thanks to the entire planet going online since then.

Nowadays, for those who are skilled and committed enough the world of gaming has evolved well beyond a pastime that was limited to bedroom programmers and LAN parties.

With the advent of Xbox Live and Halo 2, the social experience of LAN parties shifted online.

But in the 12 years between Brood War and Wings of Liberty I moved away from high school, from LAN parties and from RTS.

My friends and I organized these LAN parties on high - school half - days.

I still remember when friends of mine in high school would have LAN parties — that is, they would link their Xboxes together and all play Halo (some of the most annoying drunk calls I've ever received came to fruition at LAN parties).

With unusual features like an in - built reinforced carry handle and peripheral security, it's built for LAN parties, but is it a quality case into the bargain?

We know many of you will want to have Mario Kart 8 Deluxe LAN parties when the game launches on April 28, 2017.

Video games have always played a huge part in Dan's life, from the good old days of Doom LAN parties to being mentally challenged by Hellblade.

Some of the fondest memories Halo fans have are of LAN parties and split screen multiplayer, and it was a strange move by 343 to not at least make a gesture to address the palpable outcry from the community.

The Razer BlackWidow Tournament Edition Chroma comes bundled along with a high quality premium carry case, allowing you to carry your weapon to LAN parties and events in style.

Back in the era of LAN parties this would have been the first game on my list, but the learning curve and rate of progression make it a tough sell in today's gaming landscape.

This focus on multiplayer gaming led to gamers often having LAN parties.

While local multiplayer was once mostly limited to consoles or LAN parties, PC gamers looking for a dose of that old - school same - screen nostalgia now have more options than ever, and by streaming games to the TV you can play on the couch even while your PC is in another room.

Sadly I never did have a lot of people nearby into the game for LAN parties.

Despite the lack of online capability (that would come in Halo 2), Halo's multiplayer mode was a huge success — popularising LAN parties for console gamers by taking advantage of the native connectivity worked into Xbox consoles.

That is why Hive is organizing game jams, board game events and LAN parties.

Double Dash reigns supreme according to a few Nintendo Wire team members, but the added mechanic of having two players on one kart, thus the ability to have crazy - awesome LAN parties, is quite magical.

LAN is great to play with friends at LAN parties or just for nostalgia purposes.

The game retails for $ 40, for what is essentially a rehash of the most popular maps, coupled with a few new arenas, with bots capable of making the game fun for lone wolves and LAN parties.

LAN parties are a definite so bring your rig...

At LAN Parties, video - game enthusiasts gather to play multi-player video games with anywhere from 2 to 100 attendees.

They may rather go to indie music concerts, cultural events, lan parties or hang around playing video games.

«I would play with my friends... and sometimes a lot more with a LAN party.

I would actually rather go to LAN party than a normal party and play online instead of going out to the clubs.

Have we returned, at least partially, to the glory days of Battlefield when we could LAN party it up?

4 - player Stardew Valley LAN party at my house... it's really fun.

Keen to prove that not all of Germany is anti-gaming, 50 German politicians held a LAN party in the Berlin parliament building, playing games such as Counter Strike.

4 - player Stardew Valley LAN party at my house... it's really fun.

He recently tweeted out a picture showing a 4 - player LAN party, which is currently not available in the public release but is a feature that's on the way:

They're not a LAN party.

We've got all the details right here, so you can setup your very own Mario Kart LAN Party!

Competitive games like Quake also helped popularize spectating, whether it was the eliminated players crowding around two machines at a LAN party or curious players watching a match online.

The biggest problem here, is that unless you have a friend with a headset and a computer with you for a LAN party, there is no online multiplayer.

I would like it to be club LOL.Club 101 sounds like a computer lan party (although that would be cool, it would give off the wrong message).

QuakeCon Celebrates 20th Anniversary in 2015 North America's largest BYOC (Bring - Your - Own - Computer) LAN party will be taking place Thursday, July 23 - Sunday, July 26, 2015.

Christian Allen, the creative director of the game, will fly to your hometown to host a LAN party for you and your friends.

Ready for North America's largest LAN party?

«We've created the X300, Toshiba's fastest and most powerful notebook to date, that allows performance - hungry gamers to inhabit the most immersive game environments while on the move, whether it's at home, at a friend's place or at a LAN party.»