Dear Esther

Dear-Esther

Actually in this game you are doing nothing but helping the main character (can’t be seen because its in first person) that chossen by Esther, a mysterious woman, to explore the island on this game. This game also a remake Mod from Half Life 2 with the same title released at 2008, in this series this game are better in graphic and gameplay. The atmosphere here already make a horror impression. You will walk alone along this game so you must roam this island alone from morning  until nightfall. more »

The History of Online Gaming

1973 The TCP  – Robert E Kahn that work for DARPA (Defense Advance Research Project) start his research about TCP. This research in the end will unite all the network that separated at that time

1973 John Daleske, Silas Warner – is believed as the first multiplayer game that operate with PLATO(Programmed Logic for Automated Teaching Operation) system networks. Empire is a game like space invader which is controlled typing a command from keyboard.

1974-Internet name announced – The first TCP specification released, called RFC675. RFC675 is the beginning of TCP/IP that we know these days.

1974-Spasim-Jim Rowery – a first generation of 3D multiplayer game using a shooting genre (like Empire). Using PLATO system networks, and can accommodating 32 player at the same time.

1974-Maze War-Steve Colley – Could be the first 3D first person shooting in the world, and of course this is also a first p2p multiplayer game. Maze are the basic of the modern FPS nowdays, and give influence to other FPS games

1977-Moria-Kevet Duncombe – The first dungeon crawler game that using random generated dungeon system. Which mean you will never find the same dungeon that you ever roam before. Moria can be played up to 10 players.

1977-Oubliette – Jim Schwaiger – This is also a dungeon crawler game, what make this game different are the difficulty level  that make this game are impossible to be played alone. more »