Online Games, the New Thing in Gaming by Ted Peterson
Over the couple years, we’ve been bumped with online games ads, emails and links. What happened with everybody, and why are people thrilled with online gaming? Several types of online games are available for public; I will try below to describe a few of them. ... Multiplayer online games are: MMORPG: known as MMORPGs also, comes from massively multiplayer online role-playing games. ... MMOFPS: comes from massively multiplayer online first person shooter. ... MMORTS : comes from massively multiplayer online real-time strategy.

Massively Multiplayer Online Games by Jonathon Hardcastle
The most important aspect of a game that inspires more gamers to play it is the amount of challenge it provides. The best way of making a game more challenging is to make it multiplayer. Because Artificial Intelligence in computer games has not reached a point yet where it can predict every kind... This category is Massively Multiplayer Online Game or MMOG and enables thousands of players to join and play the game simultaneously via the internet. ... Since however, it stresses on multiplayer gameplay, they usually have Artificial Intelligence, to allow the game to be played in single...

Different Types of MMOGs by Jason Hahn
Massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) have been growing in popularity in recent years. These are the computer games that allow huge numbers of players to interact with each other through the Internet. Recent popular MMOG titles include Everquest 2 and World of Warcraft. ... MMOFPS This stands for “massively multiplayer online first-person shooter.” These are computer games that allow players to engage in individual or team combat. ... MMORTS This stands for “massively multiplayer online real-time strategy.” These games combine real-time strategy with the ability to play with huge...

MMORPG-Multiplayer Online Gaming by Scott Soloff
MMORPG, as defined by Wikipedia; "MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) is a genre of online computer role-playing games (RPGs) in which a large number of players interact with one another in a virtual world. As in all RPGs, players assume the role of a fictional character... MMORPGs are distinguished from single-player or small multi-player RPGs by the number of players, and by the game's persistent world, usually hosted by the game's publisher, which continues to exist and evolve while the player is away from the game.

Evolution of Gaming : Graphics vs Gameplay by Tony James
If you are old enough to remember the early days of computer gaming you know there were a lot of great games that were fun because of the exceptional gameplay and not just the graphics. Gaming started to become a little more popular in the 90s once people started buying computers. ... A freeware game is simply a game that is completely free with no fees attached. ... These games span all the categories of retail games from Massively Multiplayer to 3d First Person Shooter. ... Also, rather than throwing tons of multiplayer maps at the player, the developers focused on making a limited...

A Review of The Sims Online by Morgan Hamilton
‘The Sims Online’ is in a stunningly popular multiplayer version of the smash hit ‘The Sims’ series of PC games. Game makers are an incredibly bright group of people, and have quickly realized the huge potential in massively multiplayer online games. ... Massively multiplayer online games have to first be bought and then continuously subscribed to with a monthly fee. ... The few in game goals that there are, like making money or setting up a house, have severe restrictions and aren’t really all that rewarding due to an overall lack of depth to the in game economy, so really the only...

Online Games-Fragging On The Net by Scott Soloff
Online games – spoken casually or formally – normally refer to video games that are played on a computer using an Internet connection. There are video games that are played online using devices such as video consoles (Playstation, X-Box) and mobile phones, but online games generally mean PC... (4) Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPG): These are online games that can support thousands of players from all over the world simultaneously, playing with or against each other in a giant virtual world and also interacting with each other.

Computer Games Genres -- Something For Everyone by Gabriel J. Adams
Just like songs, movies and basically any other form of entertainment that you might imagine, video games are divided into different categories, commonly referred to as genres. Not surprisingly, the bounds and criteria that apply for each genre are not strictly defined; thus, it is not uncommon... Apart from that, FPS games also show a great emphasis on online multiplayer modes; there is almost no FPS game nowadays that doesn’t support some type of multiplayer mode. ... Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOG): Those are games aimed at creating a virtual environment where thousands of...

Kids Online Games: Get Phat! by Scott Soloff
Kids online games are games that kids can play when they are connected to the Internet using either a computer or a video console [Examples: Playstation 2, Xbox]. Kids love games, and with kids getting net-savvier by the day they have latched on big-time to online games. ... Many kids cannot play massively multiplayer online games (MMOG) because there is a monthly subscription involved. ... While playing multiplayer games online, a kid might get in contact with a stranger who might be up to no good.

World Of Warcraft: WOW! by Scott Soloff
World of Warcraft, also called WOW by gamers, is an online massively multiplayer role- playing game (MMORPG). Around twelve years back, Blizzard Entertainment developed a game called Warcraft, a single/multiplayer adventure game, which went on to become so immensely popular that they added two... World Of Warcraft Gameplay World of Warcraft is not ranked the number one MMORPG game in the world for nothing. ... People for and against the action voiced their protest and the game got into a needless controversy.