What was a shining example of
gaming on home computers has gradually turned into a fringe genre that some feel fails to push the boundaries of what puzzle adventures could become.
Not exact matches
Sometimes,
gaming can be isolating when we play at
home on our nice TVs or
computer monitors, and perhaps we even play with a community of people online, but there is something to be said about getting a group of people together, sitting
on a couch and
gaming side - by - side (or in the case of festivals like Bit Bash, en masse).
Jack Tretton, President and CEO, Sony
Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) offered the following comments
on the PSN video download service:» [The] PlayStation Network's video delivery service capitalizes
on the superior value and entertainment potential of PS3 and PSP — not only for
gaming enthusiasts, but also for the millions of consumers looking to buy the best, most versatile solution for their
home entertainment system.
But even more than that, Monster Max feels like a send - off to the genre of the Filmation - style adventure games that dominated the 8 - bit
computer gaming scene: isometric games were made as a work - around for 3D graphics, which were near impossible to render (let alone do well), and so became redundant when 3D became possible
on computers and
home consoles in the late»90s.
While
home - assembled
gaming computers have generally been focused
on the larger mid-tower ATX standard for decades, a recent wellspring of tiny, powerful components have made more compact builds worth considering.
Activating Steam in -
home streaming
on a
computer is easy: Just log
on to Steam
on your laptop while your
gaming PC is connected to the same network and also running Steam.
To stream a game, log into Steam
on your
gaming PC and log into Steam with the same account
on another
computer on your
home network.
The technology, which is built right into the Steam
gaming client, uses the graphical firepower of your primary PC to run games, then streams a feed of the action to another PC or x86 - based tablet
on your
home network, effectively letting you game
on any
computer in your house.
Valve's Steam PC
gaming service juts got a little bit more awesome with the addition of an in -
home streaming feature, which allows you to beam whichever Steam game you're playing from the
computer it's running
on to the Steam - connected household screen of your choice.
It's all done by streaming games from your primary
gaming PC to any
computer in your house in OnLive - like fashion, but Steam's in -
home streaming only works
on your
home network — and it's dead simple to set up.