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Podcast: Web Browser Included (Online Gaming Part 2)

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This week Fred and Jam continue with the discussion of online gaming and focus more on consoles. After going back in time to cover some forgotten console online services, the duo continue into the mid 90s gaming, the genesis of MMOs, and eventually the transition to online console gaming.

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Written by Fred Rojas

April 27, 2016 at 11:00 am

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Tagged with 3d realms, america online, aol, blizzard, bungie, command & conquer, compuserve, diablo, doom, duke nukem, gameline, id, marathon, meridian 59, mmo, mmorpg, net link, phantasy star online, playcable, playstation online, q-link, quake, quantum link, randnet, satellaview, saturn link, ultima online, warcraft, warcraft II, westwood, xbox live

Podcast: PvP or PvE? (Online Gaming Part 1)

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It sounds crazy, but online gaming has been around just about as long as video games themselves. The two technologies seemed to emerge from similar origins, despite games having a clear head start. Jam and Fred begin the journey of the history of online gaming starting with the educational PLATO network and ending this first part at the first dial-up modems for home consoles in the mid 90s.

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Written by Fred Rojas

April 20, 2016 at 11:00 am

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Tagged with air warrior, compuserve, dubliette, empire, habitat, islands of kesami, kesami, lucasarts, lucasfilm, mad, maze war, mmo, mmorpg, moria, mud, multi user dungeon, mutli access dungeon, neverwinter nights, plato, sega channel, sega meganet, sgi dogfight, shadow of vserbius, silicon graphics, spasm, xband

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