Selecting a New Motherboard: A Beginner's Guide by Michael Quarles
Are you looking for a new motherboard? With so many models available, deciding which to buy can be difficult. However, if you use this checklist, considering each motherboard feature, you should be able to find one that’s right for you. 1. Socket type: What socket type does your CPU require? ... If you need to run 3 GB of RAM, for extreme game play, you’ll need a three-slot board. ... RAM: You’ll probably buy a board that uses PC3200 RAM. ... Video and sound on the motherboard: Do you want these two items built into the board, or would you rather buy cards and plug them in?

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.

Online Game Choices for You and Your Family by Eriani Doyel
You can find a wealth of online game choices for you and your family if you just take a look. There are so many choices, in fact, that you may be a little intimidated or overwhelmed at first. If you would like to find an online game for you or your child, there are some things that you can do to... You can play an online game alone, or you can play with one or more other players. ... For instance, if you want an educational game for your preschooler, you can go online and find a number of free sites which offer online game choices.

Custom Gaming Laptops by Valli Schieltz
Today's gaming laptop computers have huge, crisp LCD screens, full-size keyboards, and video cards that are state of the art. These computers can not only compete with the standard clunky computer tower, but they can be custom made to meet the specifications of any gamer. ... You want to make sure not to have poor viewing angles because it may prohibit others from watching the screen as you play the game. ... If you want to have a perfect experience with your game, then the widescreen format may not be what you are looking for.

Online Game Reviews Make People Buy and Play by Kevin Dark
Information along the lines of performance ratings, genre, review on the actual game play or special features of the game, the positive and negative aspects of the game, what console it plays on, who created the games, and the overall rating for the audience it is initially targeted to. ... Some examples of these sites and search engines are: Tech TV, Game Spot, Game Zone, IGN Games, Game Rankings, Computer Games Online, Business Week/Game Room, Gamers, Review Center etc. ... And reviews on every single game has to provide some kind of useful information to not only the users of these...

Chess - An Introduction by Michael Russell
If you're thinking of taking up the game of chess there are some basics of the game that you are going to have to learn, obviously. But to become a really good chess player and possibly a master of the game, you are going to have to put in an enormous amount of time into both study of the game... Chess is a game played on a board, much like a checkers board. ... If the king cannot move but is the only piece on the board for one player and is not in check then the game is stalemated and a draw. ... In actuality and again this has been determined from years of research and study into the...

How To Play Strategy Games by Jake Jenkins
A strategy game is one in which thedeliberation abilities of the player and his decision-making skills combine to impact the outcome. Strategy games are a board, computer or video game. Recently, one can find and play online strategy games. Most games involve some subtlety of some sort, however,... With real time strategy games, on the other hand, the state of the game is continuously changing and the gamer has to keep up by making cautious decisions in order to win the game. ... Although, for the die-hard traditionalists, there still exist the expensive stratey game miniature market, more...

Must Have Sony PlayStation 3 Accessories Reviewed and Explained by Aaron Brooks
The way games are played has changed drastically over the years. From simple board games to handheld games to TV games to sophisticated gaming consoles. And games are not exclusive to kids, teenagers, adults and seniors are hooked by the games and are investing in the sophisticated gaming... • The 8MB memory card for Sony Playstation 2: Most games are not completed in a single sitting and as an avid gamer if you want to save your game mid-way to play later, or you want to save characters you have unlocked or levels you have jumped then you just cannot do so on the CD.

Suffering From Classic Video Game Nostalgia? Play an Online Video Game by Scott Soloff
In this new world of 3D video games, many people who grew up in the 1980s and 1990s find themselves feeling nostalgic. They miss the days when video games were just as simple as Mario and Luigi running across a screen, or Pac Man gobbling up little coins in a maze. ... In this game, Mario has been kidnapped by his arch nemesis Bowser, and the goal of the game is to get Mario back and defeat Bowser permanently. ... The End of an Era The 1980s saw the rise and fall in popularity of the video game system known as Atari, and the 1990s saw the same trend via various Nintendo game systems.

Chess - Chess Software by Michael Russell
For those of you who would love to play a good game of chess but don't know anyone who has the smarts to take you on, there's no need to fear. Thanks to computer technology, there are enough chess software programs to keep you more than challenged and even give you fits in the process. ... Usually this is as simple as copying and pasting the game from the software right onto the site's message board itself. ... For some reason, as much as chess players love to play the game, they love to analyze it just as much.