Archive for November, 2009

5 Best Keyboards to use at a Gaming Center

Ahhh keyboards.  A gamers main interface with his game.  Comfort, ease of use, and durability are staples for keyboards that are going to be used in a Game Center environment. Keyboards are also going to be your most often replaced peripheral next to your headset.  So getting as much out of your money invested is [...]

Great Gaming Laptops to bring to a Lan Center

Well I’ve had several of my game center goers ask me what a great laptop they could purchase would be.  Personally I’ve never been into laptops unless its for mobile office productivity.  But I do have a gaming laptop.  Tonight on twitter I found a great list of some gaming laptops on a budget that [...]

5 Marketing tips for your Lan Center

Okay you’ve got your LAN Center started. You have awesome gaming rigs, the coolest new games, and the perfect atmosphere.  Its opening day and you have NO Customers. Guess what sir.  You didn’t do your marketing right.  You need to build a buzz a month or longer before you ever open your doors. You need [...]

Save money use a Linux Fileserver

When your running a Lan Center you will often need ISOs for you games to load.  It would be nice for it to be economical to put these ISOs on ever computer but unfortuantely its not. So, your next thought will be okay I can set up a file share on my smartlaunch server and [...]

LAN Center Equipment: Who to buy from

There are two really good places to buy your equipment for your LAN center. The first one is NewEgg.com the second one is TigerDirect.com. I have purchased everything from my mice to my monitors at these two locations.  Even trying to go through personal distributors I could not achieve the low prices these two websites [...]

Revenue drivers: Drinks and Candy

Being a game center owner the only way you make money is not going to be your computers or your consoles. You will need to sell other things to supplement your income and in some instances surpass the income you generate from your computers and consoles. What I’m talking about is candy, energy drinks, and [...]

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