Gaming Online in United States
Gaming Online
Overview of Gaming Online in relation to cyber crime: [1] The first multiplayer computer game was Spacewar, developed in 1962 by Steve Russell, Martin Graetz, and Wayne Wiitanen, who were students attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Spacewar allowed two players to simulate spaceship-to-spaceship combat on a mainframe computer network. PLATO, developed at the University of Illinois also in the 1960s, is considered be the first location of an online community for education and gaming. During the 1970s online gaming evolved from relatively simple computer simulation games to fantasy role-playing games and first-person adventure games. ATARI’s consumer release of Pong in 1972 is generally regarded as the true beginning of modern video games. As it was prior to the creation of the personal computer, computer systems of this period were essentially giant community networks that allowed many users to access resources simultaneously. This was the beginning of what eventually would become the Internet and basis for MMORPGs.
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Notes and References
- By Andrew Perry
See Also
- Types of Cybercrime
- Cybercriminal
Further Reading
Adams, E., & Rollings, A. (2006). Fundamentals of game design. Game Design and Development Series. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall; Bellis, M. (2008). Computer and video game history. About.com Web site: http:// inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blcomputer_videogames.htm; Castronova, Edward. (2006). Synthetic worlds: The business and culture of online games, new ed. Chicago, IL: University Of Chicago Press; Furfie, B. (2008). Trojans penetrate online gaming. PC Retail Magazine Web site: http://www.pcretailmag.com/news/28704/ Trojans-penetrate-online-gaming; Woolley, D. (1994). PLATO: The emergence of an online community. Electronic Frontier Foundation Web site. Retrieved from http://w2 .eff.org//Net_culture/Virtual_community/plato_history.article; Interactive Gaming Council. (2007, August 29). Time to regulate Internet gambling. Reprinted from Newsday. Interactive Gaming Council Web site: http://www.igcouncil.org/index.php ?option=com_content&task=view&id=186&Itemid=47; The evolution of games. (1998). Emulators Unlimited Web site: (http://www.emuunlim.com/doteaters/ play1sta1.htm).