Game consoles have been produced for quite some time. We used to use simple primitive (I say primitive since in comparison to today, console video games have improved much since then, in measures we can’t even grasp) TV consoles, like ATARI, SEGA and more, it started during the 1970’s. You can find some info here at this website that I discovered, on historic video game console, so see for yourself.

The Xbox has been competing against the Sony’s PS2 (Sony PlayStation 2 – which is one of the most common being used out there), Nintendo GameCube, WII and Sega. Microsoft chose to get into the TV video game consoles, since it also was developing Microsoft computer games and wanted a piece of those comfortable living room family gaming system.

The Xbox Live, enable online gaming between Xbox users, where you could use the internet connection to join forces and play the games together. When the Xbox was revealed to developers on the year 2000, its technology amazed many.

Microsoft Xbox Live – This unit was launched in November 2002, and was designated for subscribers to play against other Xbox subscribers worldwide using online connection. There was a huge amount of subscribers at first, around Quarter of a Million and at the year 2009 it reached over 20 million subscribers. The online gaming worked only with broadband internet connection. The Xbox live support has been discontinued since April 2010 and old units instead of being repaired will be replaced by the Xbox 360.

Microsoft Xbox 360 – “List of games suitable for the Xbox 360” – This video game console had a larger storage capacity, audio and video capabilities over the old Xbox and was a very usable console by many. This Xbox unit was supporting old Xbox games and had a DVD player unit.

You can find additional Xbox information on those websites:

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox
2. http://www.xbox.com/en-US/
3. http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live
4. http://www.microsoft.com/xbox/
5. http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/gaming/productdetails.aspx?pid=091

You can find a list of the top 10 best Xbox Games at this link as an example of what type of quality games are out there for Microsoft Xbox: http://xbox.ign.com/articles/506/506934p1.html

Most of us (if not all) where playing soldiers when we were kids,

running and aiming our fingers at each other shouting that those we aimed at, are dead . Well now we have computer games, and shooting games are a big part of those games. We can join a battlefield as a soldier, and join the fights as we assist in shooting everywhere, aiming at the enemy and taking him out of commission. The computer games today enable you to almost feel as if you are really on the battlefield, and fighting either alone (stealth stalking) or just with your army unit, as you all storm the enemy’s bunkers and win the war.

There are online shooting games and regular games you can play on your PC, laptop, PS2/3, XBOX etc… Those last mentioned games are full of high graphics, fast reactions, and realism to enable you to feel as if you are there, as if the ground is real as you walk/run on it, the enemy looks like a real human being, a real enemy soldier, and when you fire at him, he really gets hurt, there is blood coming out of his wound, and he really dies.

The online shooting games has less graphic qualities, due to different reasons, but mostly it is about internet speed, since the game is played online, any heavy information that needs to pass from the server we are playing on, to our home computer, will affect how fast and how smooth the game will perform, and that will affect our enjoyment from the game.

Here are some examples of website that enable online shooting games:

• http://www.freearcade.com/shootinggames1.html?s=fp_menu
• http://www.games2download.com/free-shooting-games/
• http://www.terragame.com/downloadable/shooting/index_1_sort2.html

There are of course many other online game websites.

There are some examples of regular shooting games that you might want to check:

• Counter-Strike: Source
• Battlefield 2
• Sniper Elite
• Project IGI: I’m Going In
• Freedom Fighters
• Crysis 2
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
• Delta Force 2
• Left 4 Dead 2