▲ 332 ▼ Online Gaming Platforms And YouTube Will Also Seemingly Be Banned For Aussies Under 16 (press-start.com.au) submitted 2 years ago by goat@sh.itjust.works to c/world@lemmy.world 89 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago (3 children) Back to LAN parties? Because those were pretty fun to be honest... permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Cyclist@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) And social. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 11 points 2 years ago And really, they've never been easier, with the advent of gaming laptops and the Steam Deck and etc. - no more having to lug a desktop PC, mouse, keyboard, CRT monitor, and a box of cables and find room in your friend's garage to set it up. permalink fedilink source parent [–] tal@lemmy.today 6 points 2 years ago* (1 child) In a city, maybe, though some Australians live on pretty remote farms. Going to be hard to set up a LAN with your buddies down the street. kagis for discussion https://flemmingbojensen.com/2007/08/07/the-australian-outback/ Stations (Australian for a ranch/farm) in the Outback are absolutely huge and the nearest neighbor is usually hundreds of kilometers away. People stay in touch through satellite phones, internet, cb radio and kids get their education long distance through the brilliant School of the Air. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 4 points 2 years ago Even this should be pretty easy — just connect directly (easy on IPv6) or through whatever tunnel you need depending on the game. Tailscale comes to mind, but you could do L2 tunneling with OpenVPN if you need to simulate an actual LAN. I don’t understand why you’d need a central server at all. permalink fedilink source parent [–] tgxn@lemmy.tgxn.net 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) And there were always fun SMB shares to look through 😅 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago sed 's/fun/disgusting/' permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cyclist@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) And social. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 11 points 2 years ago And really, they've never been easier, with the advent of gaming laptops and the Steam Deck and etc. - no more having to lug a desktop PC, mouse, keyboard, CRT monitor, and a box of cables and find room in your friend's garage to set it up. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 11 points 2 years ago And really, they've never been easier, with the advent of gaming laptops and the Steam Deck and etc. - no more having to lug a desktop PC, mouse, keyboard, CRT monitor, and a box of cables and find room in your friend's garage to set it up. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tal@lemmy.today 6 points 2 years ago* (1 child) In a city, maybe, though some Australians live on pretty remote farms. Going to be hard to set up a LAN with your buddies down the street. kagis for discussion https://flemmingbojensen.com/2007/08/07/the-australian-outback/ Stations (Australian for a ranch/farm) in the Outback are absolutely huge and the nearest neighbor is usually hundreds of kilometers away. People stay in touch through satellite phones, internet, cb radio and kids get their education long distance through the brilliant School of the Air. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 4 points 2 years ago Even this should be pretty easy — just connect directly (easy on IPv6) or through whatever tunnel you need depending on the game. Tailscale comes to mind, but you could do L2 tunneling with OpenVPN if you need to simulate an actual LAN. I don’t understand why you’d need a central server at all. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 4 points 2 years ago Even this should be pretty easy — just connect directly (easy on IPv6) or through whatever tunnel you need depending on the game. Tailscale comes to mind, but you could do L2 tunneling with OpenVPN if you need to simulate an actual LAN. I don’t understand why you’d need a central server at all. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tgxn@lemmy.tgxn.net 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) And there were always fun SMB shares to look through 😅 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago sed 's/fun/disgusting/' permalink fedilink source parent