The Sega Dreamcast was the first home video game console to have a modem built in to play video games on the internet. They wanted to create a space online for gamers to not only play games but to purchase entire video games and stream music. It was a grand idea, but it never came to be with Sega since the Dreamcast had such an early burial. But they couldn’t have possibly known how it would really take off with later consoles.The PlayStation 2 and Xbox had the ability to go online as well, but they didn’t really have much power to do much with at the time. Much like the Dreamcast, it had the right idea but not the strength to accomplish much with it. But the next generation was a different ballgame. With the Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, and PlayStation 3 the online aspect of gaming truly took off. With the online aspect you can update the current weather, buy entire video games online, and download demos of upcoming games! You can even download and play entire games from the past! So you can have Sega Genesis games and Super Nintendo games all in one system! There are also online communities where you can go and talk to other real people and help them on game quests and so on.Take the popular Xbox game Halo for instance. That game is great fun and has a great story line, one of which can be played online with another person for extra fun! But you can go to the Xbox Live service and play with up to 16 other people at once, and can communicate with them via headset or Kinect hardware. You can split into two teams, one red and one blue, and fight against each other in a variety of missions! You can call up and invite your real life friends on the system and get together for a good time, even if they are on the other side of the world! That makes the possibilities endless as far as gaming goes. Back in the older days once you beat the story mode that really was it. You could do some bonus stages, and just replay it in general, but that didn’t really hold you much longer. The old Genesis games do for me personally, but most games lose their fun after you’ve beaten it completely. But with the online mode in games now you can totally ignore the fact that the game has an actual story and just enjoy onlline play!I know others do, and I do for sure, enjoy the online play in gaming consoles now days. I love playing Halo 3 online and not even playing the story, although that’s fun too. It’s fun and enjoyable to play online against other real people with skill instead of a computer controlled character. And we can all thank Sega for the online gaming that we enjoy today.
Take a Thomson Holiday in 2010 | Holidays and Vacations
This year, 2010 is a great year for a Thomson vacation. Whether you want a ski holiday, an excursion or a cruise, you can book it with Thomson. You can have an adventurous holiday or a leisure holiday all you have to do is tell Thomson and they will arrange it for you. Thomson has access to twenty United Kingdom airports and goes to eighty plus destinations. So you see, Thomson goes wherever you want to spend your holiday.If you book your Thomson holiday package now you will have a good selection of destinations. And, if you book online chances are you may save ten percent on the price of the holiday package you chose. You may also want to look at the Thomson Holiday SALE for your holiday package.Perhaps you have always wanted to take a vacation to Greece well now is the time to do it. All you have to do is to decide if you want a holiday filled with history if so, you will visit all of the historical places in Greece. Or, maybe you would just prefer to lounge around and enjoy the beach along the blue Aegean Sea? It’s your holiday and the choice is yours to make.You might like a holiday in Egypt with its coral reefs and soft white sands and the four thousand year old mysteries of the ancient Egyptians and their pyramids.If there is adventure in your soul you may want to go on holiday to Mexico. You could enjoy the fiestas, the beautiful weather, the nightlife, the food and the luxurious resorts. The adventurous part of you would enjoy trekking through the Mayan ruins and exploring the jungles. Mexico has two coastlines of beautiful beaches for you to enjoy either before or after your adventures and explorations.When Thomson arranges your holiday you will always have a comfortable place to stay whether it’s a hotel, apartment or villa. Your comfort is a priority at Thomson.What’s more, you will have the best holiday even if the budget is somewhat tight. Thomson prides itself for having inexpensive packages for the budget wise. If travel is not high on the list of things to spend money on, take advantage of the Thomson Holiday SALE. The Thomson Holiday sale may place your holiday toward the top of that list. Thomson makes the fun of a holiday affordable for everyone.Are you looking for a change of scenery? Thomson has five ships to accommodate your cruise desires. Choose from a family cruise or adult only cruise and visit anywhere from the Mediterranean to Norway. You can have a cruise that is on the water for the time of your holiday or you can choose a cruise that is one week on land, in a hotel, and one week on the sea. The latter will give you the better of two worlds.If you need a vacation and you want to just lounge around, be adventurous or just enjoy the quiet of the ocean think Thomson Holiday 2010, for a vacation you not soon forget.