| The first known computer game, Spacewars, | | | | probably the highest revenue-generator for the |
| coded for the PDP-1, ran on a massive | | | | software industry. With a PC in every home, |
| mainframe. That was in 1962, when Stephen | | | | children?s addiction for computer games is one of |
| Russell wrote the program on MIT?s mainframe. | | | | the most prominent parental nightmares. And with |
| Computer games have come a long way since | | | | the surge in Internet speed, free and fast |
| then. | | | | downloading of games, and online interactive |
| A computer game refers to a game played on a | | | | games, even adult gaming addiction is on the rise. |
| personal computer, and it differs from its | | | | In one click, several hours? worth of games can |
| counterpart, the video game - technically termed | | | | be downloaded. The 90s saw ?Doom? become |
| a ?console game? - by virtue of the fact that | | | | immensely popular. It?s not just gaming for its |
| while the computer game sits on the hard disk of | | | | own sake anymore?it?s an alternative lifestyle, an |
| a PC, a console game?s instructions come through | | | | attitude ? either you are in it, or you are not. |
| a controller, and video and audio emanates from a | | | | Downloading has its advantages, like faster data |
| television. | | | | transfer and lower price (sometimes free). But |
| PC games were designed to help personal | | | | there are cons to downloading games. Many |
| computer users relax and have some fun without | | | | creators add malicious spyware to the games to |
| having to leave their office cubicle. With the | | | | divert personal information from your PC, like |
| passage of time, computer games became an | | | | email IDs. Also, downloaded games often contain |
| alternate entertainment industry, and are now | | | | viruses. |