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Game To Play During Lunch?
Menace writes "Every work day myself and a few other co-workers get 1 hour for lunch. We typically end up with about 20-30 minutes for some form of entertainment during our lunch hour. We are looking for some more multiplayer PC games that can give us a fun and thorough gaming experience in a 20-30 minute sitting. We currently play a few games such as Tetrinet and Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne. Please keep in mind the systems we are able to play these on aren't geared for gaming and can hardly run WC3. What games do you play during your lunch hour, or can suggest that meet the specified criteria?"
A half hour of Quake 3 at lunch is a staple at my job.
Good fun, low system reqs and highly networkable 2D shooter!
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I used to be a gaming fiend during my teenage years, but now I can't sit down an play more than about a 2 hours a week without feeling like I'm wasting an enormous amount of time. To make matters worse, RPGs used to be my favorite genre and 2 hours/week isn't enough to keep me interested in the plot or characters, so I end up never finishing games anymore.
Then I got into arcade (MAME) emulation. Arcade games are pefect for me now, because I can sit down, load up a game, and start having fun immediately rather than having to first take the time to get into the story or learn how the game works, etc. Most are geared specifically toward multiplayer fun. They're also easier to quit playing once your alloted time is up.
Two that I highly recommend are Puzzle Bobble (Usually called Bust a Move over here) and Super Puzzle Fighter.
You might want to try Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, which is free and multi-player. You can get links to download locations here. And if WW2 shooters is not for you, you can try the ETF mod, which makes it a sci-fi shooter instead.
Other good multiplayer games are Starsiege: Tribes and Tribes 2, both were freely available, but it seems now only Starsiege:Tribes is.
In 20-30 minutes you should be able to play a game or two of any of those I've mentioned.
Good, good fun. Very fast paced.
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Enemy Territory is free, team-based, cross-platform, designed to be played with a (configurable) time limit, has both strategy and shoot-em-up aspects, and has system requirements comparable to Warcraft 3. If you've got at least a half dozen people to play it's perfect; if not it's probably still worth giving a try with a few bots on each team.
Starcraft games can run a lot longer than 20-30 minutes. If you want short games, you better stick to the tiny maps, like Bloodbath on the original CD of the game.
Yes, even in these days where seemingly noting is PC, those who can't walk don't get offended by those who can - they are content to be accommodated just by wheeling alongside you. Better yet, it is free, no matter where you live/work you are never more than a few hundred feet from the outdoors.
Actually, where I am it's not uncommon to sweat quite a bit just puttering around in the yard during the summer because we get high humidity and temps in the 90-100 degree range.
Everything I need to know I learned by killing smart people and eating their brains.