Video Games Online

Yes, there is something that enables online gaming. It's called the Playstation Network Adapter. There's also a cheapo one that's called go-net...but the one made by Sony looks 230948230948x better. It bolts on to the back, where that big dock goes. You then connect a phoneline or an ethernet cable to the back (it has both)...however, the games I've seen out for it are all "Broadband Required". So...yeah, no broadband, super lag for you.

It's 40 bucks for the Playstation one. And I think 30 for the go-net...but that one looks crappy, IMO. Get the Sony one, if you're lucky enough to find one. Someone jacked the one I was saving for myself at work!

Oh, this only concerns North Americans, because I do not know the status of the PS2 servers in the PAL regions...but it's hard to find because Sony is only releasing so many of them at a time, so that servers can keep up with the gamers. Not enough here yet, to mass ship them adapters. *sigh*

 

I work at Best Buy. And all my coworkers are pretty hyped on the gaming world, though they're all 21+. It also helps that I work on the video game section of the store (and DVDs and CDs) so I HAVE to know some stuff about the games. Well, not all of them, just the important ones.

 

DSL is fine. If you want both PC and PS2 online, then you'd have to get a router or something. But, I hear you can't because the PS2 takes the signal or some such that takes the bandwith away from you. *sigh* And broadband includes anything above 56k. So, when I or anyone says broadband, generally think of it as starting with DSL.