| Have you ever wondered when computer games | | | | fascination with playing games really should not |
| were created, how about why they started, that | | | | surprise any of us. And when computers were |
| might be an interesting topic to discuss here | | | | first built the first computer games were very |
| today? Well, why don't we seriously explore this | | | | simple, games like pong were simple enough. |
| concept for a moment and look into the reality | | | | One of the first artificially intelligent computer |
| behind the first computer games and why they | | | | programs perhaps was the one invented to play |
| took hold and grew so rapidly into a 100 billion | | | | Tic Tac Toe with humans. Eventually we have |
| dollar industry over the years? | | | | converted all of our games into electronic forms |
| Obviously humans have played games for | | | | and they have into evolved into terrific |
| thousands of years. It was the Persian Empire | | | | masterpieces of art and video. |
| that brought us the game of chess. The Chinese | | | | These awesome games are such that they |
| had a different version of a similar game. There | | | | challenge our minds, reflexes and cunning. This is |
| have always been such games that people have | | | | why computer gaming started and why they |
| enjoyed playing to pass the time. Perhaps it is | | | | exists today; to challenge us, entertain us and to |
| these games that helped the human brain evolve | | | | test us. Perhaps, you should go out and buy a |
| to strategize and think of the future and to | | | | computer game just to see how far things have |
| anticipate what was to come. | | | | come; we certainly live in interesting times and |
| These games probably helped humans develop | | | | there is nothing more fascinating than computer |
| the skills needed to survive, to plan for winter and | | | | game technology, combining art and science and |
| to plant crops; to build dams habitats. Mankind's | | | | introducing us to a virtual world. |