In a heroic story of the bedroom coder triumphing over the corporate powers that be, one Martin ‘Cool’ Kool is the first to provide accessible, free on-demand Gaming with a range of titles, MMO capability, and fresh expansions promised.

Get ready world – tonight we’re gonna party like its 1984….

So one of the buzz words of late has been OnLive, which has been greeted as everything from the looming death of the console to yet another technological white elephant. As yesterday evening my Beloved thought that the sound of a 60 tonne diesel freight train parked outside our house was just the Xbox running, you can maybe see a few plus points to the tech. What its implementation is definitely going to require from users is a huge honking pipe of an internet connection to make it viable.

But what about those of us that live in areas deprived of fibre-optic IP’s, or just can’t let go of loyal Betsy – the veteran 56k modem that delivered to you your first giddying taste of freely available pornography? For the equipment challenged amongst us comes sarien.net – officially the first to beat the corporate overlords to the On Live punch.

Sarien.net offers the chance to play seven of the first generation of Sierra adventures, including Kings Quest, The Black Cauldron, and the very first Leisure Suit Larry. Not only do these games run better in your browser than they ever did back in the day, they are also online. Yes – sarien.net has brought you the first ever Leisure Suit Larry MMO. In one room alone there I witnessed 11 Larrys trying to contract VD from the same hooker. Sarien.net scoops World of Warcraft yet again, those losers!

In an interview given last week proprietor Martin Kool (no, really) said that he was planning to code in item trading, and was aiming to add Police Quest 2 to the roster. Makes shelling out money for Wrath of the Lich King look pretty silly now, doesn’t it?

Mr Kool is clearly being modest and altogether Dutch about singlehandedly ushering in the age of remote ‘On Live’ gaming and revolutionising the MMO. Although kept busy these days reading defecting Blizzard executives CV’s, what Mr. Kool has made is a living museum of the salad days of gaming, when a puzzle involved finding a dozen ways to phrase the command ‘open the door. ‘

It is only the most misty-eyed of nostalgia junkies who will play any of the titles for more than five minutes – the Space Game this ain’t – but sarien.net is worth a look in for a side order of Old, Old, Old Skool with you lunch break.

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