Easy Way to Game Online With Your Friends

I've had this problem that me and my friends (sorry if that is the wrong sentence structure) like to play computer games (specifically Age of Empires 2) together; but to make it easier, instead of having to all meet up at someones house, we would play online.  All was good until a couple years ago we pulled out the game again and tried to play it again only to find that since the game is fairly old, the server had been taken offline.  That was just a big bummer, so we pretty much put a hold on playing that for awhile and stuck with console games.  Then my brother pointed out a program, Hamachi, that links your computers together over the internet so that the games think that you are all connected by a LAN (local area network).  This was just awesome other than the fact that it didn't work for most games...  So we were back to the same spot where we couldn't play.  But then another program came into view, Tunngle.  It is definitely less appealing to the eye, and is German (no offense to the Germans, I'm just saying that all of the menus and words are in German so with an English speaking person that I am, that doesn't understand German; it makes it a little difficult to navigate through the program).  But once you get past those minor difficulties, the program works great, mind you that I have a pretty fast internet connection, so I don't know how well this would work with Dial-up.  So now because of this lovely program I can play the old games that I love with my friends when they are in different states. (Yes mom, only after I finish all of my homework and studying).  If you want to check it out its at http://www.tunngle.net/en/.  You just have to install it, create a username and you are all good.  To find specific game servers, go to the community tab and click search.  Have fun playing computer with your friends . .  and I'm pretty sure that Tunngle does not support Rouge, that might be just a little bit too old. =P

--CK