Tuesday, January 1, 2013

A Good Resource For Finding Unique Video Games

By Tony Montykle


Have you ever played a video game? If the answer is no, don't worry, as you are not alone. Although it may be a worldwide trend, there are many people who have never touched a video game in their lives. The following article contains some advice on video games to help you get started.

This is no joke - work your hands out! Stress balls make an excellent device for working out the muscles of the hand between gaming sessions. This ensures you don't develop cramping or other gaming-related hand disorders which could cut your gaming career short. Keep exercising that hand to keep it limber and nimble!

Become aware of the recent trends in gaming to take advantage of the technological innovations that are out on the market today. The new Wii controller has a motion sensor, which is something that you may want to experience in your game play. Always be on the lookout for new trends to optimize your gaming experience.

If you have a hankering to play any of the older systems, but you do not want to pay a ton to purchase them all, you can find sites online that will allow you to play games that were meant for Nintendo 8-bit, Atari, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis and others.

Try to restrain your major gaming to only one kind of machine. Buying all the major consoles plus a gaming-worthy personal computer can cost up to thousands, just in hardware. Yet, most big titles will be available on almost all of them. Choose one platform to stick with for savings.

Rent before you buy! It is not uncommon to buy a new game, take it home and then play it only to realize that it is nowhere near the fun you thought it would be. It may not appeal to you in any number of ways. Rent it first and find out if it truly offers what you want.

Sometimes a game will come out and then a bunch of downloadable content follows. If you want to save your money, then you may want to wait for a while. This is because there may be a version of the game that comes out later that includes all of these things for a lower price. Don't get stuck paying for a bunch of extras that you could get on one disc later on!

If you are unsure whether a game is age appropriate for your kids or family, check out the ESRB rating. This is usually a rectangle logo on one corner of the front packaging. Anything rated E for Everyone or EC for Early Childhood is good content safe for all ages. Different ratings exist for teenage and adult level contents.

Go to online sites and check out "similar titles." It can be hard to think of new games you want to try when you have completed a game. However, online vendors have worked out algorithms to entice you to buy by displaying similar titles to various games. You don't have to buy from the site, but you should have a better idea of what games might interest you.

Only a few games give you the convenience of making a real-world clock accessible in the game itself. This can be a problem with full-screen games. You don't want them taking up more of your time than you can afford; position a clock of your own close to your screen so that you can keep track of how long you've been playing.

If you are interested in the world of gaming, but don't really have time to play games yourself, you should know there is a whole subset of gamers who make videos for others to watch. These come in two forms, competitive and "lets play." Let's play videos often include entertaining commentary.

If you are playing a shooter, make each one of your shots actually count. Many novice players make the error of just squeezing that trigger and letting out round after round. Soon you'll be empty with nothing to show for it. Instead wait for a clear shot and practice patience overall. You'll be rewarded.

Video games can really put a strain on a good relationship with a girlfriend. If you are spending more time with your gaming console than your girl, your relationship is walking thin ice. Make sure you spend enough time with your girlfriend and let her know she's important too. Don't lose someone you care about because you spent too much time gaming.

The best video game consoles are typically released a month or two before the Christmas buying season. The PS3 system is the only acceptation to the rule, where it was not production ready prior to the Christmas season. If you are planning on buying a new console system, wait until the Christmas season for the new releases.

Now you can see that there are many different things you need to know about video games. This can turn into an addictive hobby and is something the whole family can enjoy. You just have to know what you're doing, and what to look for in video games. Use the above article to learn just that.




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