Multiplayer Games For Christmas Lull at the Office?

smallstepforman asks: "Christmas is almost here, and most companies will be running a skeleton staff during the holiday period. Since there will only be 8 people in the entire building where I work, you can guess what we'll all be doing - multiplayer LAN gaming. The team leader (who will be the acting manager for the holiday period) is asking about good games to play during this period. Most of the machines on the LAN are P3@733 with integrated i810 video cards, while some older machines (P2@45) have a Voodoo 3. Which multiplayer games can Slashdot readers recommend? The games need to be easy to pick up, and not require a lot of hard disk space. Free/shareware games or demos should be considered due to legal issues."

Comments

Your boss bet the differ

[jsse]

Since there will only be 8 people in the entire building where I work, you can guess what we'll all be doing - multiplayer LAN gaming.

I'm sure you are expected to work instead. :)

Microsoft Hearts.

[dotgod]

What? It supports network mutiplayer games too, ya know.

My Favorite Game (although not networked)

[Anonymous Coward]

is gcc. The point of the game is to send a file to gcc and see
if it runs or not. If it gives an error message, then
you have to change the file. Although not a networked game
you can play with others. For example, try to send files
that gcc likes along with your friends. Whoever can get the
most complex file that results in something happening
when done can be declared the winner. Get a trophy for that
guy. You should try it, its fun.

Re:How thoughtful you are

[hitzroth]

Um, yeah. I'm sure that the company would really approve of them getting paid for sitting there drooling on themselves. Which is what they'd be doing most of the time, otherwise. Nine of one, three quarters dozen of the other.