zone.com (MSN Gaming Zone)

The zone is a place you can go to play online games with people anywhere in the world. It is run by msn and to use it you require an msn passport. An msn passport is basically just and e-mail account with hotmail, part of the msn group. What attracted me to the Zone? I enjoy playing PC games like Age of Empires, but after a while they get rather repetitive and predictable. This is mainly due to the fact that you are playing against a computer opponent, whom inevitably will make the same moves, again and again. This can get boring very quickly because the game then stops being a strategy game ... more

Firstly www.zone.com is a free Internet gaming website created on the Microsoft network. To use the zone you will need a net passport or a hotmail/msn account and to choose a nickname. -Access- Msn will not let you access through alternative web browsers such as firefox or opera and if you do try it redirects you to the download Internet explorer page. So if you try to access zone do it in Internet explorer 5 and up. -Nicknames- I like witty names like mindthestep or Solidcoldflame. But some people have names like CAC before there name which stands for crush all clans, this means they have ... more

I have written about my current addiction to playing online backgammon, so I now I thought its time to share my opinion about the site where I normally play. The zone provides a cornucopia of free games, covering puzzles, trivia, casino,card&board, sports&sims and kids games. In addition to the free games, premium games including Asherons Call, Combat Flight Simulator 2, and bridge can be played. *Card and Board * I will start here as this is where most of my spare time is wasted, sorry used. The games include Spades, cribbage, chess, hearts,checkers(draughts), bridge, reversi(othello), and of ... more

I have been playing games on Msn Gaming Zone for a while now, in fact I play chess every weekend with a guy in the states that is a good friend. I prefer playing people that I know though playing strangers also adds to my skill, so I admit to doing both. MSN Gaming Zone is available to anyone who has a hotmail or msn email address. It is kind of part of the package, and if you do not have one, then it is easy to set up and is totally FREE. Let us start by explaining how to get there. If you type Google.com into your browser, and then type MSN GAMING ZONE and press the I feel lucky button, you ... more

Yep, thats right. You dont even need to buy expensive games here to enjoy an interactive game with someone from the other side of the world! All you need is an MSN Passport. That is what www.zone.com offers you, the player. Firstly, it is like a big meeting place for games all over the world to converge on the internet and glay various online and pre owned games. All of the popular dice, board and card games are here from your Windows desktop as well as some others you will not have seen. So how does it work? Well, basically, you need to download the zone software to your machine. This is ... more