Popularity Of Video Game

by Subhash Kumar

Video Game is an electronic or computerized game played by manipulating images on a video display or television screen.Video games generally each contain different gameplay, objectives, goals, control-schemes, characters, and other features. Each video game is usually contained on a specifically designed multimedia disc or cartridge, which are generally sold separately from the console and each other. In order to play the specific game, you need the specific console for which it was designed.

Computer and Video Game A computer game is a computer-controlled game. A video game is a computer game where a video display such as a monitor or television is the primary feedback device. The term "computer game" also includes games which display only text or which use other methods, such as sound or vibration, as their primary feedback device, but there are very few new games in these categories. There always must also be some sort of input device, usually in the form of button/joystick combinations (on arcade games), a keyboard & mouse/trackball combination (computer games), or a controller (console games), or a combination of any of the above.

Minimum Systems Requirement For Video Game

You can easily make good purchase decisions by knowing just a few details about your PC. Well give you two ways to get those details about your system.

Six crucial pieces of information

1. The Processor speed tells you how fast your computer can "think," or execute its decisions. The processor makes hundreds of thousands of decisions each second, and those are measured in megahertz (MHz) or gigahertz (GHz). 1,000 megahertz equals 1 gigahertz.

2. RAM stands for Random Access Memory, and is often called just "memory." Its measured in megabytes (MB), often called "megs." In the simplest terms, RAM helps the processor by keeping some information "closer" to it. Most machines now ship with at least 64MBor 128 MB of RAM.

3. VRAM is RAM used by the video card in your machine--the video card is the part of the computer that feeds everything visual to the monitor. You could say that like the computers processor, the video card spends much of its time pestering the rest of the computer with questions about what to do next.16MB of VRAM is a fairly common minimum requirement these days, and more and more games demand 32MB. Most mid-line PCs ship with 16-32MB, but 128MB is more and more common for high-end computers.

4. Disk space refers to hard drive space, or "HD" in print. Like RAM and VRAM, its measured in megabytes (or megs, or MB). Youll need space in disk to install the game, and a little more to make room for other files created during play.

5. CD-ROM drive speed. Even after installing, youll need to insert the CD-ROM into the drive to play most games. This helps ensure copyright protection.

6. DirectX version DirectX is the software that manages graphics and sound, and its particularly well designed to run game softwares large bundles of audiovisual data. Games list the oldest version they can work with. If your game demands a new version, you can download it. DirectX is free, and it doesnt take long to install.

Category of Video games

* Action Game

* Multiplayer Game

* Sports Game

* Puzzle Game

* Platform Game

* Shoot Em Up Game

Critics of video games

From time to time, video games have been criticized by parents groups, psychologists, politicians, and some religious organizations for allegedly glorifying violence, cruelty, and crime and exposing children to these elements. Some studies have shown that children who watch violent television shows and play violent video games have a tendency to act more aggressively on the playground. These concerns have led to voluntary rating systems adopted by the industry, such as the ESRB rating system in the United States and the PEGI rating system in Europe (see above), that are aimed at educating parents about the types of games their children should or should not be playing.

Most studies, however, reach the conclusion that violence in video games is not causally linked with aggressive tendencies.

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