There are probably few adults these days who don't remember the excitement of playing early video games such as Pac Man, Space Invaders and Frogger. The ability to interact with a machine in a game situation was thrilling-and still is. Today, the little yellow dot-eater and the highly pixilated spaceships have evolved into seamlessly animated characters, graphic images of demons, and lifelike humans complete with lifelike weapons and lifelike blood. There are some benefits to …showed first 75 words of 905 total…

…showed last 75 words of 905 total…so a learner would want to play them. This makes them an ideal atmosphere for learning. In summary, a need for entertainment sparked the match that lit the fire for the production of video games. Ideas of what society views as entertainment and parental concearns over the content of video games battle it out for control of what types of games are produced. The need for educational tools have also been a more recent factor.