In all its cheesy humor, Microsoft’s ServerQuest II is an Internet game that lets you test your inner geek. While anyone can play it, ServerQuest II was undoubtedly created for IT professionals. Users running Silverlight on their computer can download ServerQuest II and run it in their browser.
As a player, you can choose between IT professional s Matt or Alicia whose objectives are to manage the company’s network while providing solutions to a slew of technical problems. Users work through a series of games and puzzles that simulate real life IT problems along with some rather absurd tasks stereotypical of geek humor. Although ServerQuest II is a game, players can learn about and use some of Microsoft’s latest software and tools as well as pick up some useful troubleshooting techniques.
As previously stated, this game does provide a little humor as you earn geek points for providing correct solutions to the task at hand, which encapsulates one of Microsoft’s many technologies. The game includes 10 chapters along with 3 Circuit Snake rounds and a special Vista Upgrade game. So, if you’re an IT geek or aspire to become an IT professional, then this 8 bit graphic game with Mono sound is for you.