The Evolution of the Video Game
Its a brand new world...throughout this internet connected society a new trend has taken over the lives of many children and with the new advancements in technology more and more adults. playing video games is not just a trip to the arcade anymore.
Go back way back to like the 80's...do you remember Space Invaders?
Released in Japan in 1978, although quite simplistic by todays standards, it has remained one of the forerunners of the modern video gaming industry.
Ranked as the most influentail video game ever created,
Space Invaders changed the style of game play.
Up until its release, video games were timed to a clock, and once a player's time was up
(plus possible bonus time), the game ended.
With Space Invaders, the game ended only when
the player had exhausted the three allotted "lives" or when the invaders landed on the bottom of the screen:
a person could therefore play for as long as their skill level allowed.
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Trivia
The aliens were originally soldiers which you had to shoot down.
It was decided it was politically unwise to encourage killing humans so the soldiers were turned into aliens.
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Don't Just Role Play
Enjoy the excitement of RPG's.With the increasing popularity of computers and online gaming, Role playing games have really become popular. An RPG (role playing game)is any game where players take the roles of fictional characters and organize to tell a story together. more

