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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. 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?

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

    Until I see a gaming Dyson sphere!

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

    ...NOW.

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  5. 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 Brian+Boitano · · Score: 4, Funny

      Surely you mean Sexlexia?

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

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

  7. 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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  8. 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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