Why do People Like Gaming? Well, many millions of professionals and worried parents have been asking themselves this very question for at least fifty years.
When video gaming started in the Seventies, most people saw it as a bit of fun, but as the craze took hold, even in that decade, intellectuals and educationists began calling it 'a stupid distraction', and the gamers 'dumb'. This continued until fairly recently, and millions of disparaging words were written about video games and gamers.
However, the tide is now turning, and 'experts' are pontificating on the positive aspects of gaming on gamers…even on very young ones. All the while this debate swirled around them, gamers just got on with what they liked doing the most - playing video games.
Much has been written about why gaming took the youth of the Seventies by storm, and why now, people of all ages love to play. Some like the rôle-playing, others like the virtual risk-taking, and others like to hone skills that they would not ordinarily use.
Some even dream of joining the thin ranks of the millionaire élite gamers.
Whatever your reason, may you long derive pleasure from your hobby, and may The Force be with you!
The information in this ebook on various types of games, video, computer, arcade and related subjects, is organised into 16 chapters of about 500-600 words each.
Genre: JUVENILE NONFICTION / Games & Activities / Video & Electronic GamesGetting To Know Online Role Playing Games
Computer role playing games are video games where the player picks a character to become from a list and is sometimes allowed to personalize that entity's character and clothing before joining the game to interrelate with other people who have also selected to be computer fictional characters.
Depending on the game and the character, the entity might be decent or evil and may work with or against other players. Often it is just| like strolling down the street, you do not always know who the person coming towards you truly is and what he or she is like. Could be friendly, could be a terrorist, could be a mugger, could be saintly.
There will be quests and you have to complete these quests to progress through the game. In order to complete some quests, you will need to gather up experience and particular things or powers or find someone to help you, depending on the game and the situation.
The first widely-played online role playing game was 'Dungeons and Dragons' and most contemporary games follow the game play laid down there. The modern games, or the majority of them, are more difficult than D&D, but then they have had something to copy and expand on.
The character that you adopt and develop is called an 'avatar' and normally, when you have adopted an avatar, you cannot swap it without restarting the game. Do not forget that your avatar will change subtly as the game advances by learning and procuring experience and tools or weapons.
Therefore, do not become tempted to change your avatar if it appears a bit wimpy at the start. Infants are not the adults that they will become, even if the kernel is already there. Your abilities will be displayed on screen somehow, so you will be able to see your strength, experience, magical prowess and what-not progress or diminish.
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