| Ever since games became available in the late | | | | are doing in the game but instead they want to |
| seventies and early eighties to the masses they have | | | | overcome all obstacles to using the resources given to |
| caught the attention of millions of people who became | | | | them, just like when they play super Mario or Donkey |
| addicted to their innovative interface and rapidly | | | | Kong. |
| changing technology. Parent's bought these games | | | | With today's international problems several parents |
| because they represented a nice gift for kids and | | | | have formulated the idea that these games are |
| teens who have always been fascinated with | | | | intended to train kids for war, the fact of the matter is |
| entertainment and technology related items. Children | | | | that if they are playing these games online they have |
| and teens on the other hand thought of them as a | | | | several other choices such as board games, racing, |
| good way to kill their free time. | | | | cards, puzzle, memory, strategy, and so on, in other |
| The first few graphics Nintendo games featured were | | | | words they will not become fixated in just one type of |
| not very realistic so any killing or war game was pretty | | | | game due to the variety. On the other hand parents |
| much innocent, but as technology evolved so did the | | | | who buy expensive games to play in stand alone |
| graphics, consoles and variety. Today we have free | | | | consoles at home might indeed be feeding this |
| games available through the internet as well as stand | | | | mentality to their children because purchased games |
| alone and portable consoles, which has completely | | | | go to a different level, the violence and graphic nature |
| changed the rules of the game sort to speak. | | | | makes them too intense so it is important to read the |
| Nowadays, we have kids and teenagers of all ages | | | | warnings and recommended age labels that each one |
| playing games almost all the time, this is why parents | | | | has. |
| have grown concerned of the types of games they | | | | Online games will never reach the negative graphic |
| play. The internet has made available thousands of | | | | nature console games have but the most important |
| flash games at no cost at all, so anyone can access | | | | fact is to remember that as parents you have the |
| them and spend hours browsing through them, some | | | | power to guide your kids and organize their free time. |
| of the most visited categories are action and war | | | | Compared to consoles, online games are a healthy |
| games, these are violent in nature and portray several | | | | way for kids, teenagers and young adults to entertain |
| "killings" as they advance from level to level, the fact is | | | | themselves while keeping their sanity intact! |
| that most players are not thinking about the killing they | | | | |