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Each of these subsets of the game development process is important in its own way. The design for any game is done at the outset when users, programmers and developers are discussing the planning for the game and who it will appeal to on the market. Next comes the programming phase where the game is actually created and developed by a specific team working against a set of specifications. The final stage before you see it in a store is the testing phase where professional testers will try to break the product before it goes live. Their job is key as they are the last line of defense before the game goes out into the world to be purchased by the paying customer.

With any game development this always starts with the game design stage. This process involves designing the content of the game and the rules based on a pre-determined set of instructions from the business. Everything from characters, storyline and environment, to name but a few will be addressed and designed here. If you are a designer then you will need some artistic and technical expertise to make the ideas come alive. This design will start off with just an idea and develop into something more concrete that can be developed. This is one of the most critical stages of the whole development process. If you get this wrong then the game may not be a success.
After the design stage of the development lifecycle then it comes down to the programming. This is where the ideas and designs are taken and actually put into operation with a series of lines of code that run behind the scenes when the game is played. These lines of code will tell for example a character to perform a certain action or talk to another character in game. It is at this stage of the process that the game starts to take shape towards the finished product that will be sold.
The final phase before the game is marketed and packaged up ready for sale is the video game testing element of the process. This is perhaps the most vital of all the phases as without this department then there is no way of knowing if a game is ready to be played or is full of bugs. It is the job of the tester to ensure that there are no glaring mistakes in the code that prevent the game from working correctly. These issues are then reported and fixed by the developers ready to be re-tested to check that everything is okay.

In summary, the process of developing a game is fairly straightforward. The tough part is the actual elements of that process from design through to testing and then marketing. All the areas are key to the overall success of any video game and without all three of these then the game would fail.

For most gamers a job with a game publisher or developer is the holy grail of employment opportunities. Unfortunately, most gamers are not qualified for or interested in the jobs these developers and publishers post. As fun as it sounds to work for a game company, odds are you will not enjoy the programming, graphic design, sound design, or other aspects of the industry. Why? Because most gamers think it is just as fun to make a game as it is to play one. Unfortunately this is not the case, it is still a job, and like any job it gets tedious and boring.

However, there is a job that any gamer can get that does retain some of the fun of playing a video game, and that is working as a video game tester for a developer or publisher. The programmers do not have the time to look for and track down every bug in their game, and since gamers will spread the word if a game is a bug-filled mess and affect sales, publishers and developers shell out huge amounts of money to freelance beta testers to find these bugs. By outsourcing this job to freelance testers the company gets hundreds of people focusing on bug finding and testing, and receiving valuable feedback from gamers that the company may use to improve the final product. The perks offered by these jobs are extensive: free games, access to unreleased games, and the possibility of making $ 20+ an hour.

Now there are some downsides to this job. First, it is a job, meaning you will have to fill out and submit reports of your findings to the company. You cannot simply play a game and send an e-mail to the company saying, “This game is awesome!!” or “This game sucks…” Second, to make decent money you have to put in the time, typically meaning an 8 hour day.

Finally, if you want to make decent money you need to be open to testing all types of games for all systems, otherwise you are limiting your potential jobs and income.

Now you may be asking yourself how you would find these jobs. There are several methods: 1. You can check the job postings on the various game websites, once in a great while they may post a job for beta testing. 2. You can contact the company and ask about the possibility of beta testing for money (many companies attempt to get you to do it for free), this approach doesn’t often work, but once in a while it does. 3. If you know someone working there then ask them, they will be able to point you in the right direction or put in a good word for you. 4. Get a guide to finding a job as a video game tester. Some of these guides are worthless, but there are a few that have some very detailed information on how to find video games jobs such as beta tester, and tips on how to get that job.

Video games are among the most popular interests for children, teens, and many adults. It is a fun way to pass the time. Gaming consoles can be expensive, however, and then you also have to figure in the prices for games. Video game renting is a great idea for those that want to save money on their hobby. With this option, you can play a number of video games while only purchasing those that are of interest to you.

You can save a great deal of money with video game renting. New games can cost upwards of $ 50 or more. Game rentals are usually just a few bucks. Alternatively, you can get a rental subscription that allows you to get a certain number of games each month for one low price. This is the preferred method for a number of people, especially those that play a lot of video games. This is much less of an investment, especially if the game proves to not be worth the price you paid. Being out the rental price is a lot better than losing the purchase price.

Video game renting will also allow you to have access to a large number of games. Once you get one, many subscription services will let you keep it until you are ready to return it. When you are done, all you have to do is send it back and you will receive the next game you have chosen in your queue. This gives you a chance to sample the game, and determine if you would like to own it. If not, you can just keep it long enough to beat it, and then send it back for another.

Online video game rentals are the latest trend in gaining access to new games to play. It is quite convenient as well. The only thing you have to do is log into the site, select some games you would like to play, and then wait for them to be delivered straight to your mailbox. There is no need to spend an hour choosing a game at a rental store. You just have to remember to send them back to receive another game. Keeping them a long time after you’ve stopped playing them will mean your subscription will not be worth it.

There is no doubt why video game renting is much more popular than buying the games. Saving money is a popular idea nowadays, and some people simply cannot afford to buy new games often. With game rentals, they are able to play new games regularly with only spending a few bucks. No need to waste your money buying a game you have not played and run the risk of it being a dud. Online rentals have made the process even more convenient, as the games will be sent straight to your door.

MMORPG, as defined by Wikipedia; “MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) is a genre of online computer role-playing games (RPGs) in which a large number of players interact with one another in a virtual world. As in all RPGs, players assume the role of a fictional character (most commonly in a fantasy setting) and take control over many of that character’s actions. MMORPGs are distinguished from single-player or small multi-player RPGs by the number of players, and by the game’s persistent world, usually hosted by the game’s publisher, which continues to exist and evolve while the player is away from the game.

MMORPGs are very popular throughout the world, with combined global memberships in subscription and non-subscription games exceeding 15 million as of 2006. Overall, revenues for MMORPGs exceeded half a billion dollars in 2005 and are expected to reach over a billion dollars by 2009.” (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

If there ever were something that has truly become a unique innovation in videogames, it would be online gaming and its ability to provide for multiplayer games. Now, multiplayer online gaming is not something that is new as it has been around for eight years having debuted with DOOM in 1998. Multiplayer online gaming, however, was not instantaneously popular across the whole spectrum of PC gamers. It took a while for the ball to get rolling, but when it finally did start to gain momentum that the following that developed has seemingly exceeded even the most optimistic expectations of the early days.

Defining Multiplayer Online Gaming

For those not familiar with the term, multiplayer online gaming involves several players can participate in an online game at the same time. They can work as a team facing the computer or they can play against each other. It has been said that multiplayer games of this nature were the first shift from computer games where a human faces an artificial intelligence to where humans play against other humans. In a way, this phase that online games have entered seems to be a return to the past in terms of delivering the same purpose of games of old.

The Old Days

Parker Brothers did not make a mint selling all those board games because the games were fascinating to play. (Most of the games were extremely simple minded, but benefited from excellent marketing campaigns) Part of the reason families and individuals loved to play these games was because they were social events where people could get together and have a lot of fun interacting. Yes, there were competitive people who took playing the board games too serious at times, but generally people liked to spend time together and have a blast with these classic games.

When videogames became more and more popular, the games took a protracted approach to developing one player games. This ended up killing off a great deal of the benefits of social interaction. With the advent of multiplayer online gaming, video and computer games have joined the realm of social interaction filling the seeming void formerly held by board games. (Board games, however, are still popular and sell strong)

Multiplayer PC games serve and excellent purpose of increasing the social lines of communication between people all across the globe and will probably continue to expand in volume and popularity.

It is a mistaken belief that playing chess is a god-gifted art and barring reaching an ordinary ‘cognizable standard’ you cannot improve. The ‘cognizable standard’ means you are reaching to the standard which makes you only recognize the good and bad points of the game but without any ability to develop your game accordingly. No doubt, it is a game of superior intelligence. The alertness of the mind, capacity to contemplate on and select the right future are some basic requirements of this brainy game. Of course, you cannot cultivate talent only with the help of your labor but if you have a little of it you can surely bone it. Do not forget the age-old maxim that genius is five percents inspiration and ninety-nine percents perspiration. Moreover, hardly any human being is totally devoid of the element of talent. Only when we fail to perspire for making it develop that we lag behind the others who do. This is what we purpose to do with this article.

There are times when in the absence of the right kind of guidance our talents wither. Since they don’t know how to properly irrigate and fertilize this plant of talent, this get withered away. Remember that like any other discipline, chess also needs your unwaivering devotion. The young boys normally don’t know how to utilize their free time, especially those who have the potentials. Follow the guidelines given ahead and become a good chess player.

1. Read Chess-books and Magazines

After playing some games, read the book carefully. Play more games and the read the book. Each time you absorb some points that seemed previously obscure or did not grip you.

The way you improve most is not by playing opponents, but by playing over well-annotated games. Cover one side’s move usually the winner’s) and think out of each move before looking.

If you are eager to improve your play rapidly, write down the moves of all your games, not only the competitive one (in which recording is compulsory). It is best to write them in chess scorebooks, as loose score-sheets are easily lost. Afterwards, play each game and jot down critical comments. This how the grandmaster developed his skill in chess and became proficient in a short time without any coaching. It is surprising how much the game became clearer when you see every position a second time, in the light of what happened first time. You become your own tutor. If, after writing your comments you submit some of your games and your comments to a competent coach or top player for assessment for a suitable fee will improve more rapidly still.

Reading chess books by standard authors will also help. Try to follow the notations in a particular style. In case you get hold of those old books in which the notations are not in algebraic form, try to convert it in that form. Even this conversion exercise would give you a good peep inside the intricacies of the game. Write them down in a separate exercise book and the same way you do to develop you ability, say in Mathematics. This is very enlightening exercise. Just keep a small chess board with pieces alongside and convert descriptive notations into Algebraic notations. It is necessary because the algebraic notation was devised only a couple years ago while the earlier chess-books where only written in descriptive style. Remember that it is not a time consuming and boring exercise but a very rewarding one.

Besides doing this read some good magazines or newspapers having chess columns. Nowadays there is hardly any good journal or newspaper not having chess columns. Read those problems and solve them. Your intention while solving them should be to prove the given solution to be wrong! The idea is that you should independently try to attack the problem. In the process if you happen to hit some different solution deem it that you are on the right path of progress in your chess studies. You may join a club having the facility of chess. You might develop you chess skill in the company of the other learners.

Of course, you can enjoy chess without worrying about improvements. However, this is a natural tendency of an awakened mind to improve one’s performance in any sphere. By following the methods recommended here, almost anybody can become a strong player in a fraction of time normally taken.

Doctor Emanual Lasker (World Champion 1897-1921) considered that given a logical approach, a person of average talent would not need to give chess more than 200 hours to reach a stage where a master player who conceded him or her handicap would surely lose.

Lasker’s 200 hours was an underestimate, no doubt, but certain it is that most players could reach in months a standard that usually takes them years to attain.

Some newspapers publish regular chess columns in which composed chess problems are a feature. In a problem, an artificial position is setup and a solver is required to find a way to check mate in a specified number of moves, usually 2 or 3, no matter what replies the defender makes. In these, for the sake of uniformity, White always makes the first (key) move. In 2-move problems, only the key move is required. In 3-move problems, the second moves are required for correct solutions. As the composer’s purpose is to make the task difficult, the key move is usually on that would be unlikely to occur to a player in an actual game, and is never capture (except of a Pawn) and never a check.

2. Play Handicap Chess with Senior Players

The often given advice to play against stronger players has two distinct drawbacks. Firstly, it is discouraging if you invariably lose. Secondly, it is painful boring for the opponent if the different in skill is great. The strong player would be too polite to tell you this, but will find some excuse to stop playing. To fore stat this, ask the opponent to give you a handicap (give you odds in the chess parlance) e.g. to remove a Knight, a Rook, a Rook plus Knight, or even the Queen. Once the right odds found, both players can have exciting game. When removing a Knight or a Rook as a handicap, convention decrees that it shall be the one on the Queen’s wing.

Another kind of handicap is possible with the use of chess clocks. The expert can play with a very short time limit, his opponents at a much greater one. If the difference in skill is not too wide, this sort of handicap is better, as there is no alteration of the starting position. If the difference in skill is very great, it is a good idea to use both systems.

For single games, you cannot use a time handicap unless you have chess clocks. However, in simultaneous exhibitions, a time handicap operates automatically.

Here the expert opposes a large number of players seated in a circle or rectangle, each with a board and pieces in front of him or her. The expert steps from board to board, making a move at each one. Obviously, the expert can take only a fraction of time that opponents take, as the master may have to make 10,20,30,40 or more moves in the time that each opponent has for one move.

Simultaneous exhibitions have provided, from time immemorial, an excellent opportunity for a large number of players to oppose a master under conditions that give the amateurs some chance of bringing off a draw or even a win.

3. Have chess software

Playing chess against a well-programmed computer also helps in your developing chess-skill.

It was inevitable in our age of electronics that chess would engage the attention of computer engineers.

The real revolution in computer chess was brought about by the introduction of portable, relatively inexpensive microcomputers. These have been steadily improving and the latest models feature up to sixty-four levels of play, programmed openings and games, a voice announcing moves, and sensitized squares to eliminate the need for a keyboard. Most can play a reasonable game, while the more advanced models complete successfully in open tournaments.

As hinted before, microcomputers are most useful to players who have a problem in finding an opponent. Teaching level with programmed opening variations and suggested best moves are provided to help the students.

For top players computers provide a convenient way of storing information on openings and end games. Most top players use personal computer for this purpose.

4. General Advice

You should start playing preferably with another beginner, as soon as you have learned the moves. Do not be discouraged if you are slow in remembering the rules. With a little practice, you will get accustomed to the moves of the pieces and will be able to start working things out without trying to remember how each one move and capture.

Chess is competitive and a desire to win is its strongest motivation. This is why you should play with another beginner whom you have a chance to defeating. It is better if you have an instructor who can supervise the game to make you sure that the rules are observed and to point out where you went wrong after the game.

Textbook dealing with all aspects of the game in one volume, vary in scope and price. Some chess manuals are written by champions, others by chess teachers – they all help the beginner to delve deeper into the mysteries of chess. Later the person wishing to improve skills further more can specialize by studying various aspects of the game and here there is a vast choice of aids.

Books dealing with openings range from comprehensive manuals in several large volumes, not recommended for beginners, to books designed to explain the reasons why the openings are played in a certain way.

The Middle game is dealt with by explaining the basic strategic principles and by giving examples of tactical combinations. There are many books dealing with this subject.

The end game is part of the game, which all aspiring players should study. Here again there is a choice of many books. Best for beginners are elementary books, which explain basic principles that are most likely to occur in practical way. For advanced players there are books, which deal with specific ending in depth. Finally, we come to collection of games of great players. We recommend the books with detailed comments, especially those designed for beginners.

The young learners are advice not to rely heavily on chess problems to acquire mastery in this game. These problems are as removed from as crossword puzzles are from literature. Surely, they bone one’s power of visualization of the moves. Play as many actual games as possible and solve chess problem to keep your mind alert in the chess-sense. Remember in chess (the actual game) the object of the game is to defeat the opponent, the means by which this end is achieve or the time is takes, being unimportant. In problems, however, the opponent represents by time. Mate must be effect with in the stipulated number of moves. Since the position given in the problems is frequently quizotic, most of the seasoned chess players dismiss then as situation unworthy of consideration. On the other hand, the problemists maintain that game involves too much laborious and profitless wood shifting, and that the artistry of fifty games can be compound into a single artificial position. Nevertheless, the best courses open for young learners to have the judicious mixture of the two.

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Do you like drinking games? Here is a great excuse to drink and watch movies at the same time; games that involve movie scenes, movie themes and catchphrases. This is perfect when you have a drinking party at home but you must remember to have A LOT of alcohol or else the game stops completely. Surely after one movie is over, your pals will be clamoring for another movie and of course another round of fun drinking games! Here are the most popular movies watched as friends play this equally popular game:

1. The James Bond movie game – this game is perfect with beer while others also enjoy a classy glass of martini. As you watch any James Bond movie, every time the name “James” is mentioned, everyone takes a sip and when the name “Bond” is mentioned, take two sips. When the entire name “James Bond” is mentioned, drink three. Everyone will surely cheer as James says “My name is Bond, James Bond.”

2. The Happy Gilmore Drinking Game – stars Adam Sandler and Julie Bowen, this movie is not only a lot of laughs but also a lot of drinks! Drink every time Happy Gilmore loses his temper or when Happy talks to his mentor Chubb.

3. The Elf Game – stars Will Ferrell; Christmas parties at home could never be better with this festive game. Take a shot every time buddy mentions or screams Santa. Every time the phrase “Christmas Spirit” is mentioned, take a shot. You may also take an extra shot each time Buddy breaks something.

4. The Grinch Who Stole Christmas Game – stars Jim Carrey, it’s another perfect drinking game for holiday parties. You won’t just end up tipsy but after the game, you will surely be too hammered as you take a shot every time the word Who- is mentioned. Just imagine how many drinks it will take when everyone in Whoville starts to sing!

You can basically make a drinking game out of any movie and make a lot of drinking fun as you do it. Another variation of this game is to play the Actor-in -Movie game; this game starts when a player mentions an actor’s name then each player must think of a movie that this actor is in. when a player fails to mention a movie, he has to drink; then the game begins with another actor’s name.

Another variation is to watch live sporting events that could be very hard to determine when the words or phrases are said. While watching NASCAR, each time the announcer mentions phrases like “The car is tight” or “The car is hot” everyone takes a shot. Double the shots when the words drive shaft, gears. yellow flag and horsepower are mentioned. Try this game in other sports like baseball, hockey, formula one, tennis, basketball and of course where beer and alcohol is celebrated, football. You may play this as an online drinking game, at home with your friends or when you are out in a bar drinking while watching a game.

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The leading inspirations regarding irritated girls hail their mothers.Therefore, their dreams constantly come wishes when it comes to cook, bake additionally manage a generation really like their grandfather does.These wishes designate been caused closer to slip genuine via games accessible online that hat every single of these genres, additionally originate specific at juicy ladys audience.Girls hail positive when it comes to fight such games with their parents because they advance disease solving and also brochures skills, sharpen the coordination additionally program neuron means in opposition to have capacity for an in fact effective way to while separate enjoyment time.So if you’re individual such parent, we urge landing appear world wide web involving welcoming titles as well as prepare your sensitive child how when it comes to remain competitive it.Reading skills.Games of second genre help happen novels understanding despite the fact simultaneously supplying entertainment.This region completed through presenting sets of manually operated nearly each and every chamber that the girls are pressured toward try previous they jar improve near the following level, in addition legitimate remote island how their expertise near contrast anything records gets enhanced.

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The exploitation of all the things utensils, the stove, the microwave oven furthermore the electricity oven, tropical isle likewise fundamental underneath cooking, also so getting to know before how in opposition to use them proves in the direction of stay really advantageous connected with girls and once they get started cooking down below their home’s cabinet unsupervised.Conclusion.Such games appoint enabled girls on the way to commence training particularly traditional beneath life, without turning into naked near dangers of a genuine kitchen.Their talent originate polished despite the fact entertaining them, which makes it very far safe than correct cooking.Skills that hail grown here dish later keep on being convenient underneath the wooden box one time the girlfriend tropical island aged enough to, and tank alike stay brought into abuse in solution situations faced underneath standard life.Now that bringing take into consideration the pros and cons of interactive partner games, ending up originate down below a top-quality angle in the direction of recognize your tid bit full contend one.Also there are different kids games which sad obtain her.

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Online games – spoken casually or formally – normally refer to video games that are played on a computer using an Internet connection. There are video games that are played online using devices such as video consoles (Playstation, X-Box) and mobile phones, but online games generally mean PC games that can be played only when you are connected to the Internet. These games kicked off in the 1980s even as Internet connectivity was slow and expensive. The earliest versions of these games were simple multiplayer text-based games. In the 1990s these games started getting popular, and today they feature high-end graphics, virtual communities, and lots more.

Types Of Online Games

Online games can be of the following types – (1) First-person shooters: Here the players battle with each other head-to-head. In most first-person shooters games, there are online components that allow deathmatch/arena style play. In these games the view you see in the gameplay is the one seen from your character’s eyes. (2) Real-time strategy games: These are games where you have to develop a combat strategy or gameplan by building resources and making a strong army so that you are able to fight with other Internet players. (3) Browser games: These are simple, small, and quick pastime games that can be played on your browser. They are developed using the popular Shockwave or Java technologies. (4) Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPG): These are online games that can support thousands of players from all over the world simultaneously, playing with or against each other in a giant virtual world and also interacting with each other. Here a person has to keep leveling up till he reaches the maximum possible level written for the game. These games can keep a gamer engaged for months or even years!

How Online Games Make Money

Today, every game is playable online. The question before the company that is making these games is how to make money. Most companies make single-player games that can be played at home. In these games the player has to overcome the artificially intelligent enemies. These games feature an online multiplayer gameplay model, using which a user can play with or against other Internet players. These companies make their money by selling their game CDs/DVDs [Examples: Warcraft 3, Counter Strike]. The browser game companies survive by revenues generated from advertising and promotions. Many MMORPG companies keep adding content by developing new patches in their games and they charge a monthly fee from the players [Example: Everquest 2, World of Warcraft]. Some of them do not, and survive because of their CD/DVD sales [Example: Guild Wars].

One last thing about the title: “Fragging” in game jargon stands for finishing off a player or an artificially intelligent enemy.

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Kids online games are games that kids can play when they are connected to the Internet using either a computer or a video console [Examples: PlayStation 2, Xbox]. Kids love games, and with kids getting net-savvier by the day they have latched on big-time to online games. If you compare today’s kids online games to how kids used to assemble together to play board games, you will be surprised to see how fast kids are growing and how rapidly they are maturing.

Kids Online Games: Devices And Games

Kids can play online games using – (1) A computer: In this case the games are most likely to be browser-based, simple, fun or educational type, involving sports (racing, baseball), knowledge (Hangman, Scrabble), arcades (Space Invaders, Mario), etc. Many kids cannot play massively multiplayer online games (MMOG) because there is a monthly subscription involved. However, companies such as Disney have started developing MMOGs for kids. (2) A video console: Kids really freak out on a video console. They just love video console gaming because the learning curve is easy and there are not too many buttons to push (as in PC online games).

Pros And Cons Of Kids Online Games

Online games can keep kids entertained, and apart from that, improve their knowledge too if they play educational games. In fact, the University of Victoria is developing a game called “Let’s Face It” that teaches autistic kids to recognize faces. While playing MMOGs kids can learn real-world skill concepts such as commerce, barter, mining, chemistry, all of which can be useful in real life. Kids online games also teach them interactivity, and also how to talk to strangers and how to make friends.

The flipside is that if playing these games is not controlled then kids might get addicted to them and this addiction is dangerous – almost as dangerous as taking a banned substance or even as dangerous as smoking. If kids squat for a long time playing these games, they might get obese. Some browser-based games can be graphically violent and leave a deep impression on their psyche (e.g. some browser games may involve shooting a politician). While playing multiplayer games online, a kid might get in contact with a stranger who might be up to no good. Many video console games feature too much graphic violence and that is not nice for a kid at an impressionable age.

Conclusion

There is a silver lining to this dark image depending on how you look at kids online games: statistics show that 62% of the video console and 66% of the PC game market customers are over the age of 18 years. Also, stricter laws related to kids and online games are slowly being passed across the major game-playing nations. And sooner or later, the entire hullabaloo is likely to settle down.