The year 2007 witnessed a remarkable growth in online gaming industry. A recent survey showed 217 million people worldwide play online games. Another survey titled "Kids & Gaming" found that kids of all ages in the United States are spending more time playing video games today than they did two years ago. According to the survey, this trend is particularly pronounced for online game play.
The survey also found that half of the kid gamers are "light users," playing five hours a week or less, with the other half of the players comprised of medium, heavy or "super" users, at 6 to 16 more hours per week.
What makes online games so special?
The phrase "online game" alone bring hundreds of images in our mind: excitement, thrill, challenge and not to forget the bright, colorful and vibrant graphics.
Challenging other people is paramount and important for a game player. The most vital features of a game are those that arouse more gamers to play and the challenge it provides. The best way of making a game more challenging is to make it available for other game players and for them to play directly with each other. As you can guess every move the computer makes, it becomes easier to win once you understand the regular patterns the computer makes. On the other hand, in multiplayer games you get to play with and against other gamers, and each time you play with a new person, you face a different type of challenge.
Keeping this aspect in mind, the game developers have come up with a new category of games. This category is Massive Multiplayer Online Game or MMOG and allows millions of players to connect and play the game simultaneously via the internet.
In these days there are some online games that have servers all around the globe connected to each other, allowing gamers to interact and play each other from every place of the globe.
Another important factor to be remembered is that these games do not have an end point in the game. They are made in such a way that the game goes on and the characters within it develop like real life.
Online games are poised to be one of the biggest recreation activities in the year 2008. As the human mind is obviously fascinated by the excitement, challenge, achievement and the opportunity to prove oneself better, these games capture the fantasy of young and old alike as an enjoyable, relaxing way to pass the time.
Let 2008 begin with more exciting and challenging games for players. That's all for now as it is time to play another new game.
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