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Turning Gaming into Money?
Gaming technology can be readily adapted for positive uses in training and rehabilitation. Gaming also opens up legal avenues to finding precedents for blocking packet prioritization on the basis of the irreparable harm done to gaming communities. No matter where you are in the world or your gaming experience, if you are a mature online gamer that values teamwork, communication and the desire to win, you will find the right gaming group or organization to join.
As a form of multimedia entertainment, modern video games contain a unique synthesis of 3D art, CG effects, architecture, artificial intelligence, sound effects, dramatic performances, music, storytelling, and, most importantly, interactivity. This interactivity enables the player to explore environments that range from simulated reality to stylized, artistic expressions (something no other form of entertainment can allow) where the actions of the player operating as a single, irreducible variable.
Games have often been easier to classify by genre due to the technical constraints of various platforms, and commercial pressures like one would experience in any hit driven, entertainment market. Perhaps the most visible benefits of video gaming are its artistic and entertainment contributions. Indeed, most games require a great deal of patience and focus from the player, and, contrary to the popular perception that games provide instant gratification, games actually delay gratification far longer than other forms of entertainment such as film or even many books.
Advertising keeps magazines and television channels afloat, and so they feel obliged to cover the games that pay for their advertising space. Advertising content is delivered to gaming platforms in dependence upon a location of the mobile platform. While many games charge a monthly fee to web surfers, such as World of Warcraft, many other sites relied on advertising revenues from on-site sponsors, while others, like RuneScape, lets people play for free while leaving the players the option of paying, unlocking new skills for the members. Since were at the start of an online advertising boom right now, expect to see more free ad-supported games in the years to come.
Gaming companies see ancillary opportunities in related businesses as well. It is this experience of escapism, community and a psycho-social moratorium in which identity, issues and cultural forms can be freely explored, that lies at the heart of gaming and the gaming sub-culture. Gamers also used conventions, forums in magazines like Dragon and in local gaming groups to coordinate local lobbying of law enforcement, schools and parents as well as engage in numerous letter campaigns and articles submitted to mainstream news letters, magazines and television programs with varying degrees of success.