Advent of the Internet
Online games are games played over a computer network. Currently, the term online almost always means the Internet. During the expansion of online gaming over the years, it gave a large influence to the overall expansion of computer networks from local networks to the Internet and the popular growth of Internet access itself.
Online games can range from text based games to complex graphical and virtual games which are populated by many players simultaneously all over the world. Many of the recent online games have incorporated online communities which made it a form of social activity.
Internet revolution where websites could utilize streaming video, audio, and a whole new set of user interactivity was made possible by the rising popularity of flash and java. When Microsoft began including flash players as a pre-installed component of internet explorer, the Internet shift from a data/information source to also offer on-demand entertainment.
Online Games
The inclusion of flash to internet explorers paved way for web sites to offer games to web surfers. Most the popular online games such as the popular World of Warcraft,...