New Games

We've been getting a lot of comments about what new games people would like to see in the Cyber Lounge, so I thought I'd explain what goes into the process by which we add games to the loadset.

1. Money
   Naturally, games cost money. We have to buy a copy of each game for each computer in the Cyber Lounge. This is why free games (or subscriber-based games like World of Warcraft) are desirable.
   


2. Compatibility
   With both Mac and PC computers in the league, we'll likely look more favorably on spending money on games that are compatible with both Macs and PCs. Furthermore, on both platforms (or one or the other for single-platform games) we need to be able to run the game without a CD. For a lot of games, this isn't possible.


3. License
   Some games that we've explored (e.g. Battlefield 2142) link their CD-Key to a specific user account. Naturally, since we only have one CD-Key per computer, we can't support these games.

Thank you all for your feedback; it's been very useful in steering the direction of the Cyber Lounge. There will be some more updates soon -- including the replacement of the Mac stations with new Intel-based iMacs -- and hopefully we'll continue to meet your gaming needs.

Feedback for the Cyber Lounge can be left on this blog as a comment or e-mailed to sites.suggestions@umich.edu.