Your Internet Consultant - The FAQs of Life Online

Chapter 10: Where Are All the Fun and Games?

• Where Are All the Fun and Games?
  • Games
  • 10.1. Is it OK to play games on the Internet?
  • 10.2. What kind of games are there?
  • 10.3. How do interactive games work?
  • 10.4. Where can I find the game Go?
  • 10.5. How about backgammon?
  • 10.6. What about Reversi (Othello)?
  • 10.7. Is there a chess server?
  • 10.8. Is Chinese Chess online?
  • 10.9. Can I play Bridge on the Internet?
  • 10.10. What is Netrek?
  • 10.11. I like strategy games. How about Diplomacy?
  • 10.12. What is Core War?
  • 10.13. What other play-by-mail games are available on the Internet?
  • 10.14. How can I find out about other games?
  • Other Diversions
  • 10.15. What is the Internet Hunt?
  • 10.16. Where can I find the Internet Hunt?
  • 10.17. I keep hearing that there's a radio station on the Internet. What is Internet Talk Radio?
  • 10.18. How can I listen to Internet Talk Radio?
  • 10.19. What's the Usenet Oracle?
  • 10.20. Are there any comic strips online?
  • 10.21. Where can I find conversation of a prurient nature?
  • Real-Time Chatting, MUDing, and Pie-Throwing
  • 10.22. How can I chat with someone else on the Internet?
  • 10.23. How about chatting with lots of people at once?
  • 10.24. How do I access IRC?
  • 10.25. How can I compile my own IRC client?
  • 10.26. Where can I learn more about IRC?
  • 10.27. Pray tell, what is a Multi-User Dungeon (MUD)?
  • 10.28. Are all MUDs text only? I want graphics!
  • 10.29. So MUDs are just fancy games, right?
  • 10.30. Can MUDs actually be useful for real-life activities?
  • 10.31. Where did MUDs come from?
  • 10.32. How do I connect to a MUD?

Of course, the Internet is not all seriousness, business, and work. Far from it. From its beginnings, the Internet has been a haven for ways to relax, create, make friends, or just waste time. (After all, the Internet was built by the government and was used in its formative years mainly by educational institutions. If there's one thing the government and students know how to do, it's goof off!)

In this chapter we'll look at some ways to chat, play, and enjoy ourselves on the Internet. This chapter is divided into three sections: games; other diversions; and real-time chatting, MUDing, and pie-throwing.

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