Most online games, be it First Person Shooter games (a.k.a FPS, such as Doom 3, Half Life 2…), Real Time Strategy games (a.k.a RTS, such as Warcraft III, Command & Conquer Generals …) or Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (a.k.a MMORPG such as World of Warcraft, Eve Online, Everquest 2..) can be played using the chat function. This allows you to send a short messages to the other players or to your team.

However when things become serious and you are spending more and more time with the same players, tactics and strategy become a necessary part of the experience.

Software such as XFire, TeamSpeak, Roger Wilco or the one in Steam or Gamespy come in very handy. They allow you to speak over the Internet with the other players. All you have to do is agree to meet on one particular channel and the team can then communicate without having to type messages in the chatbox.

Not only does it make you gain time but your hands are thus free. Both of his is useful in FPS, RTS and MMORPG worlds.

However in order to do this, you should have good equipment to count on and this implies a good quality headset with reliable sound and microphone. You may have heard that headsets with microphones are not as good as simple stereo headsets, so we will be checking how true that is.
Bear in mind that most of the time manufacturers who have a long history with audio products will win with flying colours in this area. Sennheiser products bever seem to disappoint.