What is Online Gaming and How Does it Work?
Online gaming is a collaborative, community experience. Using a personal computer (PC) from home or work, a player may join in an interactive virtual world via the Internet. These worlds contain a variety of genres, characters and objects. Interactivity with other players is the key to this experience. For example, in a medieval fantasy role playing game (RPG), teams of characters can complete quests and obtain virtual prizes before moving on to more difficult challenges with more valuable prizes. A player in a first person shooter (FPS) game can compete with or against other human players to capture a flag or base or to obtain the most number of kills (a.k.a. frags). Other types of online gaming experiences are available to satisfy a wide range of tastes. Personal Computer central processing unit (CPU) power has grown exponentially over the past several decades as described by Moore’s law which hypothesizes that every 18 months microprocessors double in capacity (Moore 1965). This gro
