LAN-based game servers are also a popular alternative offering for conventional arcades, and an entire business is springing up around the "PC room" and "LAN arena" concepts. Multiplayer game boxes ...

A few decades ago, if you asked me what a server was, I'd reply, "several rigs and a fan‑blasting tower." This isn't always the case, especially now, when a small PC is big enough to run a home server ...