Online gaming has captured the attention of millions worldwide. But until this year, loyal trackos have been left out of this real-time, multi-player experience. Then what do I discover? An online track and field game featuring 10 standard events, including sprints, hurdles, jumps and throws. It’s free. You just register at Trackchamp.com, and try out a game in either time trial mode (play by yourself) or jump right into a contest with someone else around the world.
Broadband users only, though. And perhaps no Mac users — since I couldn’t get the site to work for me on my home box. But it looks like a chance for older folks with good keyboard reaction time to put the kids in their place. No age-group competition here, though.
Apparently, the originators of this site talked about a pay-for-play model. But I haven’t seen this played out.
