I was wondering if anyone had used this product for gaming? I was wondering about the quality.
I was thinking about using it for RPGs instead of PC gaming. My playing friends live all over the world, and a cheap conference call system would really help things out.
I was thinking a combo of Instant Messaging and Roger Wilco would allow a decent system to develop.
Anyone ever tried this?
Anyone have any advice?
So you mean for tabletop gaming, not CRPGs?
If everyone has fairly decent bandwidth, it should work pretty well. Buy a good headset though, cheap ones will dig into your skull after a while.
Though if it were me, I’d just use IRC or something.
I haven’t used it since 1999, but even back then it was pretty good. I’m sure it’s made improvements since then, too.
I used it a while back, and the voice quality was ok (while playing a game that required most every finger somewhere on the keyboard). With something more laid back in both dexterity and CPU intensity, you should have no problems.
What is IRC? Is it another form of voice chat?
I’ve used it for on-line flight simulation. It works well in a “simplex” system, where only one person is supposed to be talking at once. Quality is pretty good, but there can be a lag, depending on the distance involved. Once two or more people talk at once, you can’t understand anything.
watsonwill, you’ve never heard of Internet Relay Chat?
Nope. For someone who loves the internet, I am not net savvy. I use it more for information than gaming. It has to be pretty user friendly for my tastes.
I’ll look it up.
Dang. I was hoping this would be a thread about the Space Quest games from Sierra.
I liked the way RW died in the Space Quest games.