I've spent time playing chess online. It's amazing... you don't have to actively seek someone to play against... they seek you once you "log in."

I found it too time consuming though... and a little difficult for an old timer like me to get used to flat computer chess pieces instead of real life 3D pieces.

I also once played some kind of Star Trek game. You could either be a Klingon ship or a Federation ship.

It was interesting to see people just up and join the game and even more interesting to see how total strangers would team up and help each other just because they had the same ship.

The Star Trek thing needed software to be installed to play. Which I uninstalled after my "session".

It's so easy to lose track of time when you are online.

Michael Ross