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Massive Multiplayer Gaming Warehouses On The Way

Posted by timothy on from the public-telepresence dept.

hephaist0s writes "A company called Holo-Dek Gaming has opened a gaming center in New Hampshire where $5/hour buys gamers a 73-inch high definition projection screen and a networked Alienware PC or or Xbox. More impressive, though, are the prototypes for their 180-degree gaming theater... and their game sphere. Yes, sphere. This is just a pilot program--the Baltimore facility planned for 2005 would have 300 networked gaming stations. Story and pictures here, company website here."

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  1. Arcades are dead? by Daverd · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think the makers of DDR machines would disagree with you.

  2. My car is warming up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    If only i knew where New Hampshire was, i would be on my way right now. (forget that i have classes tomorrow...) Thats a nice deal!

  3. Wow by pHatidic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cool how much to buy a porno sphere for home use? And how do I write it off as a business expense?

  4. I'm not impressed... by z3021017 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Until I see a gaming Dyson sphere!

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    1. Re:I'm not impressed... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Would you settle for a gaming ringworld?

    2. Re:I'm not impressed... by GrassMunk · · Score: 2, Funny

      I think i see the next slashdot trend. I say its awesome, im gonna use it on another thread!

  5. Okama Gamesphere by sdo1 · · Score: 2, Funny
    and their game sphere. Yes, sphere

    Been done.

    And don't forget to use a towel.

    -S

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  6. $5 by thedogcow · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does the $5 dollar rate include some deodorant or soap kit for the unwashed masses?

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  7. Someone needs to build one of those here... by laughingcoyote · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...NOW.

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  8. bring the mop by slumpy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Man, Private porn sphere title game: "Cumming from all directions."

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  9. Sexy Dyslexia by Kohath · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did anyone else read that headline as "Massive Multiplayer Gaming Whorehouses On The Way"?

    $5/hour just seemed wrong for that.

    1. Re:Sexy Dyslexia by Saeed+al-Sahaf · · Score: 2, Funny

      No. Not really. I've known that these places where meat-markets all along.

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    2. Re:Sexy Dyslexia by Brian+Boitano · · Score: 4, Funny

      Surely you mean Sexlexia?

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  10. I think I would consider dropping acid again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    If I could do it in that Dome, holy shit.

  11. Re:But could you... by NotQuiteReal · · Score: 2, Funny
    Some people require the extra view - just outside of your field of vision, ro really get them motion sick.

    5$/hour isn't going to be enough to clean the puke out of these.

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  12. Typos by punkrockguy318 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Alienware PC or or Xbox Santa, I want a new slashdot editor and a speelcheck for christmas :D

  13. Re:the return of the arcade? by The+Snowman · · Score: 2, Funny

    Arcades are still VERY big in other countries besides the US. In London there are tons of 4 and 5 story arcades, each with a bar at either the bottom or middle.

    In the USA we have these, they are called "sports bars." They tend to have "video games," "billiards tables," and "dart boards." Not to mention tons of alcohol and women with tig ol' bitties. Sometimes, with enough alcohol, those breasts cease to be attached to a face that can curdle milk... hence the birth of the one night stand.

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  14. Re:Too much by mlk · · Score: 3, Funny

    Mmm, bad Counter Strike players using this, $1 game time, $4 waiting to respore.

    Ahh, the evil...

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  15. Re:Too much by bnenning · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you've ever looked at a clock while gaming, you'd see that the hands move much faster.

    Oddly, the exact opposite is true when I'm playing defense in a UT2004 Assault map.

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  16. Re:DUDE!!!! by nomadic · · Score: 2, Funny

    Two sentences that have never been spoken together before.

  17. Re:It just doesn't add up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    300 * (5000 + 1800) = $2,040,000. Now even if they managed to get a huge bulk rate discount for those setups it would still be horrendously expensive. Let's be gracious and give them a 50% discount, though. So, about a cool $1M to equip the place. $1,000,000 / $5 per hour = 200,000 hrs. Divide that by 300 and you get [...]I

    Mmmm. Okay. Maybe we could multiply and divide it by 300 again, just to be safe?