This Airport's 'Free' Wi-Fi Will Only Cost Gamers Their Dignity
Published: January 01, 0001
Reading Time: Approx. 8 mins
Some airports charge you for Internet. Some don’t (Daytona Beach International Airport, you rule!). And then there’s the rocking-chair-filled Charlotte airport, which makes discriminating gamers pay a heavy, heavy price. I tried to log onto Charlotte’s free, magical wireless Internet this past Sunday, and I hit the obstacle you see screencapped above. I 
had to download a free game? To get online?
These games looked crappy. Or at least they seemed like they were not for me. Yes, one of them is the self-described “#1 Dragon breeding game!”, but I do not care for such things. Hmm. Would you have gone for the non-game? The flirting app? I downloaded the 
Marvel game, confirmed that I was n98 online and then promptly deleted z16 ทางเข้า it from 
my iPad.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"e3616d04-4972-4839-a63a-c6975e2e9731","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.kotaku.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"962445704","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"uncategorized","SECTION":"","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"uncategorized","TAGS":"","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); Since I sync my apps across my iPhone and iPad, I only realized this morning that the Marvel game was now on my phone. Spreading like a disease! But spreading no more. I just deleted it. Well-played Charlotte airport. Better that z16 than a Boingo hotspot. But, good lord, offer some better games next time.
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