Monday, July 28, 2008

Online gaming is a technology rather than a genre; a mechanism for connecting players together rather than a particular pattern of gameplay. One advantage of online games is the ability to connect to multiplayer games, although single-player online games are quite common as well.

~~From Wikipedia~~

One of the most popular online games is HighStreet 5. HighStreet 5 is an online dance game where thousands of players can mingle with each other in a world of friends, fashion and dance.





Fashion: Choose from a real-life inspired contemporary fashion wardrobe of dresses, shirts, bracelets, earrings, and more to dress your character up to be cool, sexy, smart, or goofy – anything you want!

Dance: Dance by yourself, with a special someone, or together with a group of friends in any one of the 30-player dance halls, each uniquely designed with themes like street punk and rooftop dancing.

Friends: Socialize and get to know new people! Video-chat with fellow players face-to-face anywhere and especially in our dedicated video-chat dance halls – the Friend System will help you keep track of pals and beautiful strangers.

Music: Enjoy popular songs from artistes like Black Eyed Peas, Britney Spears, JJ Lin, Jacky Cheung, Rain, Wang Lee Hom, Utada Hikaru and more broadcasted at any Dance Hall in the game! We keep track of top music charts all over the world as well as feedback from our players to decide on the songs to be used.


Figure 1: Creating the character



Figure 2: How to dance



Figure 3: Popular music is broadcasted



Figure 4: Other purchase items



Figure 5 and 6: Shopping in HighStreet 5 with cash points.




To know more about this online game, you may visit this website: www.highstreet5.com.my

Nowadays, youths prefer to play online games rather than outdoor games if compared to last time. With online games, youths are easily satisfied because it is easy to access and they or their parents only need to pay for the Streamyx (Internet connection) bill once a month. Every house surely has at least one personal computer with internet access. With this convenience factor, it encourages youth to become addicted to online games. Online games are popular entertainment among youths.

As we can see, many health problems occur among youths such as obesity, gastritis, eye sight problems, etc. These are the side effects from spending too much time with online games. This is because the youths are more likely to sit in front of the computer and spend their leisure time to accomplish their mission in their games. Youths tend to forget to have their meals and some of them even eat too much while playing the games. Youths have almost already forgotten outdoor games such as football, basketball, badminton, etc. They probably don't like playing them anymore because they need to sweat and play under the sun.

In the future, we may see that online games will be among the best-selling products in the IT world. Online games will be considered cool, trendy and popular among youths. We also feel that online games are here to stay for quite a long time.

Labels: online games