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Gaming trends: Online gaming

by Patrick Parton

Created on: February 18, 2007   Last Updated: May 19, 2007

On-line gaming! Its fun, its exciting, and its a way to meet new people. Most people like on-line gaming because it makes the game much more fun, and it provides a different scenario every time its played. Instead of the same thing happening over and over again like on shooter games where the bad guy is always in the same place, you now have to learn new areas to search and adapt to a new strategy to defeat the enemy every time you log on to play the game. If you are a beginner in the on line gaming world and believe you are unstoppable just because you never die in the single player game then you have another thing coming. Trust me there is always going to be somebody out there who can beat you and there is always going to be somebody out there who can beat them, and so on.

On line gaming is the absolute best experience as far as gaming goes. I wont buy a game unless it can be played on line. Now in todays world just about any game can be played on line. Racing, Shooter, sports or action its all there and all fun. I'd have to say the 4 most popular on-line games are Madden, Socom, Halo, and Need For Speed. Not to mention most role playing games are becoming more and more popular each day. I'm surprised that rock star games hasn't made their big hit Grand Theft Auto an on-line game yet. That would be very popular with game fanatics who look for the thrill of shooter games.

Through on-line gaming you learn different ways to work your opponent. If you have friends that don't play on-line then they will be no match for you. It's completely true. playing on-line makes you better and faster than your buddies could ever think of being. really its insane how you start out thinking your the best until you get on line, and you get annihilated that first time. Then after that its a constant strive to become a better player. Take this one from me ever since i popped that socom 2 disk into my playstaion I haven't stopped playing. I play the game every day.

Would you call this an addiction or a hobby? I would consider it a hobby thats extremely hard to quit doing, if that answers the question. Feel free to criticize after all we are in America and you can do that!

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