| Among the biggest sellers in online PC games are | | | | your reflexes, they are also demanding on your |
| FPS, or First Person Shooter, games.Kids love 'em. | | | | PC. You will definitely have a need for speed, as |
| So do most Dads.Many moms think the level of | | | | well as a good graphics card and a decent set of |
| violence is too high and too graphic, so Dad and | | | | speakers. The demands of gamers have pushed |
| the kids play them when she is not looking.FPS | | | | the PC industry to make better desktop |
| games are centered on you, the player, from | | | | computers for all.The next big shift - with |
| your point of view. Armed with various handheld | | | | broadband Internet service now in millions of |
| weapons, you might be called on to thwart the | | | | homes worldwide - will be the delivery of the |
| invasion of Earth by aliens or to stop a Nazi | | | | latest FPS game to your PC via streaming |
| advance in WWII. As a player, you interact | | | | download instead of CD. As more gamers accept |
| directly with the game environment from your | | | | online streaming delivery of the game itself, costs |
| own perspective.FPS games evolved in the late | | | | should come down over time as the game |
| 1990s as PCs became powerful enough to render | | | | developers turn to online delivery and bypass the |
| the 3D graphics in real time. These are way | | | | CD/DVD publishers and retailers in the supply |
| beyond the arcade shooters from Space | | | | chain.For the game developers, online delivery of |
| Invaders on up.Several sub-genres of FPS have | | | | FPS games represents an opportunity to open up |
| distinguished themselves:* tactical - most have a | | | | a new market of gamers who would be willing to |
| military motif* stealth - avoiding detection by | | | | try FPS online, but who never visit EB Games, the |
| opponents is a major element* run and gun - | | | | Electronics Boutique, or other game retailers in the |
| among the most popular with multiple enemies | | | | mall.For those who want to try/demo any |
| and fast-paced action* real-time strategy (RTS) - | | | | number of FPS games, I recommend the Triton |
| able to give commands to other units and control | | | | player. This streaming download allows you to |
| the strategy* first person adventure (FPA) - free | | | | begin play well before the entire download is |
| roaming adventure which takes one to the edge, | | | | completed. You can even demo recent releases |
| like the controversial series Grand Theft | | | | like Prey from 3D Realms.You can register free |
| AutoMost FPS games take graphics to a new | | | | and download the player at: long as there are |
| level of realism while exaggerating the attributes | | | | heroes and villains, and kids with vivid imaginations, |
| of the player. You now likely have muscles and | | | | there will be a place for FPS games when the |
| strength that make Arnold look like a | | | | aliens come calling.Charles Lamm is a RetroGamer |
| girlie-man.Kids and adults alike love the frantic | | | | trying desperately to catch up with hardcore |
| blasting of enemies within the context of heroic | | | | online PC gamers. |
| storylines.While FPS games are demanding on | | | | |