| Ask any teenager today the number of hours they | | | | as if they are experiencing the game through their |
| spend in front of their computer playing video games | | | | own eyes. Some of the other types of games |
| and the answer will surely startle you. Nowadays, | | | | include the flight simulation games where the gamer |
| youngsters spend a huge amount of time playing | | | | has to play the role of a pilot and the entire screen |
| video games, thereby turning gaming into a | | | | feels like the cockpit of an actual aeroplane. There |
| mainstream industry. There are different genres of | | | | are certain Real Time Strategy games where the |
| video games, each having its own fan following. Each | | | | players are given command of a certain map and |
| year, gamers of each genre wait with bated breath | | | | they have to gather resources to build colonies, |
| for their favorite games to be released. | | | | empires and fight wars. |
| Some of the popular video game genres include the | | | | The arcade racing games place the gamers at the |
| Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game or | | | | driver's seat and allow them to compete with the |
| MMORPG, the First Person Shooters or FPS, Arcade | | | | fanciest cars of the world along with the best 3D |
| games like racing, simulation games and many more. | | | | rendering of the gaming environment. A massively |
| There are certain other genres of games as well and | | | | popular genre of games includes the MMORPG where |
| these include the action and adventure, role-playing, | | | | players from all over the world come together and |
| real time strategy and third person shooter games. | | | | play the game live, thanks to their Internet |
| Each and every genre has their own set of sub | | | | connections. The opportunity of playing with an actual |
| categories. | | | | person rather than the Artificial Intelligence of the |
| First person shooter games require the player to play | | | | game makes these MMORPG so famous. |