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Online games are a new rage on the Internet than other thing that people log on to the web and it is one of the fastest growing segments on the Internet. For some online games are a leisure and unwinding tool to help boost altered egos from daily pressures of life while for some it a waste of time.

You might have got bored watching television and would like to do something else, you do not want to go out and meet friends nor are in any mood for a dinner outside you want to laze around the house and do something entertaining if possible. What could the best options than playing free online games that has been designed for every age group. Parents can also join their children in online games that would surely make them come closer and will also enable them to control the types of games played and the hours spent by their children. Online games are fun and sharpen strategic thinking and improve our responses. But have you ever thought of the consequences if one gets addicted towards these online games that have been conceptualized for fun?

You will find numerous journals, surveys revealing the alarming rate of people getting addicted towards these games and the sad consequences following them. Older people playing online games for several hours are losing their social contacts and young people spending less time with their friends or in other social things. They display more aggressive behaviors and less supportive behaviors. With the enormous rise in the popularity and affordability of computer games and equipment, and high speed internet connections contribute significantly to the computer games addiction. Thus online computer games have a profound impact on the lives of individuals threatening their normal growth and development. Usage of a disproportionate amount of time on the video game and thinking about it even when you are not on the video game or you continue to spend disproportionate amount of your money, are the symptoms of addiction. Addiction is when you cannot stop yourself getting away from it and you need to do it more and you crave it when it is not there. A computer addiction is like an eating disorder.

This computer games addiction is a way for the person to escape from their regular life in the real world to the world of fantasy where they achieve more control of their social relationships in the virtual reality realm than in real relationships. While there is no quick, overnight cure for computer games addiction parents can limit their child's exposure to video games, especially the more violent ones. Their simple rule can minimize media's potentially harmful effects on their child/children.

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We see thousands of people playing online games such as tetris, ping pong, mario bros, super mario etc for free but despite its history dating back to 1970s, for most people online gaming began with the explosion of Internet in 1993 and with the advent of Doom and Warcraft sometime in 1994 or 1995. This got further boost with publishers starting to add Internet connectivity to computer games in 1994-95.

The media, in fact, have themselves been ignorant about online games history. As far as they are concerned, online gaming just coincidentally happened when their advertisers started producing Internet-capable games.

Serious online gaming began with the first interactive online game called ADVENT. In fact networked gaming got conceptualized with ADVENT. Networked gaming had users playing against each other within an online fantasy world. The first networked game was called Mazewar, a game which involved networked players traveling through a maze and attempting to kill one another.

Next came the interpersonal interaction in a multi-player environment. The first such game was called DUNGEN. DUNGEN had players competing against one another to complete a series of quests. DUNGEN provided with new settings and players each time the user logged on.

The late 1970's saw the start of video game craze with more and more households getting computer savvy. As a natural corollary, people started writing their own games for the home computers. These programming hobbyists traded and sold these home-grown games in local markets.

Other changes in the 1970's were home gaming consoles which used game cartridges. That meant the people could collect games cartridges for one base unit instead of having bulky game console systems.

The 80s ? some pause before the storm 1980's saw growing craze for the video and computer game craze, but online gaming wasn't on the horizon yet. New games with better sound and graphics were introduced and gained popularity. Pole Position and Pac-man were two that achieved big popularity. It was during 1980's when Nintendo introduced its first gaming system.

The 1990's saw the phenomenal growth in both popularity and technology mostly because of the rise of 3-D and multimedia.

The late 1990's saw the exponential growth of the Internet, MUDs (multi-user dungeons) which made online games wildly popular. New and improved graphical interfaces had people all over the world playing against each other not only in FPS games but also in real time strategy games (RTS games) as well as third person games like Grand Theft Auto.

This was also the period when websites started offering online games such as tetris, ping pong, mario bros, super Mario, and other free online flash games and non-flash based games free for playing after registering with them. This really pushed online gaming into the popular psyche.

Early years of the 21st century were dominated by the DVD-CD-ROM. It has changed the way online games are played. The latest gaming systems such as Sony's play station and Microsoft's X-box have networking capabilities to enable people play with each other in real time from all over the world. Exponentially growing broadband internet services have made playing these online games possible in true sense of the word.

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