Among the biggest sellers in online PC games are FPS, or First Person Shooter, games.
Kids love ’em. So do most Dads.
Many moms think the level of violence is too high and too graphic, so Dad and the kids play them when she is not looking.
FPS games are centered on you, the player, from your point of view. Armed with various handheld weapons, you might be called on to thwart the invasion of Earth by aliens or to stop a Nazi advance in WWII. As a player, you interact directly with the game environment from your own perspective.
FPS games evolved in the late 1990s as PCs became powerful enough to render the 3D graphics in real time. These are way beyond the arcade shooters from Space Invaders on up.
Several sub-genres of FPS have distinguished themselves:
* tactical – most have a military motif
* stealth – avoiding detection by opponents is a major element
* run and gun – among the most popular with multiple enemies and fast-paced action
* real-time strategy (RTS) – able to give commands to other units and control the strategy
* first person adventure (FPA) – free...