| The world of video games has come a long way | | | | scene forever. Originally accessible only by a |
| in the last thirty years and has developed a huge | | | | Personal Computer, online gaming transported |
| fan base of tens of millions across the world. | | | | people into a whole new world, where you could |
| Gaming has become big business, with some new | | | | play and talk with other people from practically |
| releases being advertised almost on par with films | | | | anywhere around the world, adding a realism that |
| appearing at the cinema and you will find a | | | | the gaming world had never seen before and |
| computer gaming device of some kind or other in | | | | many players have formed friendships that has |
| most people homes. | | | | lasted years. |
| Computer games began as just little white dots | | | | Games consoles also caught on to the act of the |
| on a black ground but have rapidly advanced into | | | | Internet, and soon there was an array of gaming |
| amazing forms of entertainment, and now you | | | | titles that console users could play online. Over the |
| can live out many fantasies from the comfort of | | | | last couple of years, gaming machines have took |
| your own home. You can be a racing driver and | | | | another leap forward and Nintendo is at the |
| compete with other players in a high-speed | | | | forefront of this new genre of gaming machines |
| adrenaline rush competition, or you can become | | | | with their Wii console, which has a dual purpose of |
| an elite special-forces soldier and carry out secret | | | | not only offering you entertainment, but also |
| missions under the cover of darkness. The list is | | | | enabling you to get valuable exercise while you |
| endless, and games are that advanced now with | | | | are doing it. This idea of allowing a person or |
| cutting edge graphics and sound, that you can | | | | persons to be able to work-out while they play a |
| almost forget you are playing a game at times. | | | | game has had phenomenal success, so much so |
| Gaming was once pretty much a solitary pastime, | | | | that last Christmas it was almost impossible to |
| and people would play games, and finish levels until | | | | obtain one, such was the demand. Who knows |
| they had completed the game. Then the Internet, | | | | what the future of gaming has in store for us, |
| or Worldwide Web appeared, and this | | | | but you can bet it is only going to get better. |
| technological advance revolutionised the gaming | | | | |