McPoopers

@US 447 And a PLAYABLE virtual mario in 2002.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P24gT8l_BOE

@Ashkental Here's an idea: Group Chat with Skype, including all of the friends you'd like to play with. Now you can chat across games AND systems. "Hey, let's play L4D." "Hey, let's play madden."

It's easy, it's effective, it's FREE, and it's been available for a long time. Don't have a computer in the same room as your PS/Xbox/Wii? That's just an issue of priorities ;)