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Online games refer to video games that are played over some form of computer network, most commonly the Internet. The expansion of online gaming has reflected the overall expansion of computer networks from small local networks to the Internet and the growth of Internet access itself. Online games can range from simple text based games to games incorporating complex graphics and virtual worlds populated by many players simultaneously. Many online games have associated online communities, making online games a form of social activity beyond single player games.
Early online games
Online games started in the 1980s with MUDs, simple multiplayer text-based games, often played on a BBS using a modem. These games were frequently based on fantasy settings, using rules similar to those in the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. Other styles of games, such as chess, Scrabble clones, and other board games were available. Since continuous connectivity was often expensive as access was frequently charged on a per-minute basis, some games were set up as play-by-email games.
First-person shooters
During the 1990s, online games started to move from a wide variety of LAN protocols (such as IPX) and onto the Internet using the TCP/IP protocol. Doom popularized the concept of deathmatch, where multiple players battle each other head-to-head, as a new form of online game. Since Doom, most first-person shooter games contain online components to allow deathmatch/arena style play. More on [ Online game ]
the wifey is at the casino and im just here at home watchin the games...woohoo, my mom wom 500 and my mominlaw hit the jackpot
doeboy6911 (alex) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:58:43 -0000
the wifey is at the casino and im just here at home watchin the games...woohoo, my mom wom 500 and my mominlaw hit the jackpot
O'Brien!! The run of good games continues.
spirokhouri (Spiro Khouri) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:58:40 -0000
O'Brien!! The run of good games continues.
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@MissDibbs video games or itunes g.c.?
jbraun1220 (Jennifer Braun) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:58:39 -0000
@MissDibbs video games or itunes g.c.?
GameStop was next & we bought so many games for this little BRAT, Mr. Bailee.
aariah_C (Aariah Camacho) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:58:34 -0000
GameStop was next & we bought so many games for this little BRAT, Mr. Bailee.
@hansonscott Yeah! i found it especially funny when some games where in commercial and you thanked the seahawks and bucs for filling in time
jonathanmac (Jonathan) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:58:32 -0000
@hansonscott Yeah! i found it especially funny when some games where in commercial and you thanked the seahawks and bucs for filling in time
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