The gaming room
Intense, yet relaxing rhythms play from a set of speakers on the floor, almost drowning the soft humming of the PC near the northern wall. There is also a low table with cushions strewn around it, obviously meant for playing board-games. Empty pizza boxes and cans of ice tea are scattered across the floor. This truly feels like home.
Board games
Titan
This is not an easy-going parlour game but one which requires concentration and time. Even a two-player match can take several hours to play, and first-time players will need tons of advice as it is hardly possible to make any sensible moves at all without some experience. Certainly not everybody's cup of tea, but those who like it tend to like it a lot, like me.
Online games
MorgenGrauen
A German MUD (Multi-User-Dungeon), my online home. I'm Kessa.
The Kingdom of Loathing
A multi-player HTML-based game featuring stick-figures and absurd fun. Highly addictive.
Lord of the Rings online
Beautiful online adaptation of Tolkien's world. Gameplay is not as smooth as WoW's, but I can live with that. Also, players and ingame conversation are generally more mature (to put it cautiously).
World of Warcraft
"Text may be a very rich medium, but it looks boring on the screen. It doesn't flash and hop about, so it had to give way to things that did." -- Douglas Adams
Flash Games
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