Video games have gone one step further. Online interactive games can played over the Internet connecting you others all across the world. With Broadband becoming ever popular, more and more people are logging on and playing.
An example of popularity of online gaming:
Counter-Strike (CS) is a popular team-based modification (or "mod") of Valve's first-person shooter Half-Life. The game pits a team of counter-terrorists against a team of terrorists in rounds of competition won by completing an objective or eliminating the opposing team. The latest incarnation of the game, Counter Strike: Source (CS:S), is based off the Source engine developed for Half-Life 2.
CS has been the most widely played online FPS for the past few years. In 2002 there were over 30,000 Counter-Strike servers on the Internet (second place was Unreal Tournament with about 9,800). In 2004, GameSpy statistics show that there are frequently over 60,000 players simultaneously playing Counter-Strike at any point in time, accounting for almost 70 percent of the online FPS audience.
As computer technology advances so do the games. Doom3 has recently come on to the online gaming scene using high spec graphics. Also the eagerly awaited Half Life 2 is to come out in November 2004.
Advantages of Broadband:
Watch Movies
Watch all your favourite film previews.
Listen to Radio
Listen to the best stations live or repeats.
Online Gaming
Play games with people all across the world.
