With the advent of the Internet, online games have been played over computer networks. Over the year, the online gaming has expanded and provided a large influence to the overall expansion computer networks from the popular growth of Internet access itself and the local networks to the Internet.
These online games can vary from games that are text based to complex graphical and virtual games which are simultaneously populated by many players all over the world. Nowadays online gaming has become a social activity because of the online communities incorporated into the recent online games.
The rising popularity of flash and java and internet revolution made video streaming, audio streaming, and a whole new set of user interactivity possible. 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.
Flash Players
When flash players were included into the internet explorers, it gave way for web sites to offer games to the web surfers. World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy XI and Lineage II are among the most popular online games to...