User:Pajaree/homework4

1.What are MMOGs and how do they differer from regular video games?

MMOGs are played on the internet with the large number of people who are members of a particular game, and in one server can be up to a few thousands people. Moreover, in the game world, players are able to interact with each while they are online. On the other hand, regular video games can be only one to four people at the time, and the internet connection is not needed. 2. Would there be stresses in living in a virtual world?

There should not be serious stresses in a virtual world because everything that players either gain or lose in virtual world has no effects in their real lives. However, there might be some players who actually believe that consequences in a game would also be outcomes in their everyday lives. In this case, those players could get crucially stressed in a virtual world.

3. Look at e-bay and see what is being sold from secondlife and other on-line game forum. Is the economy from these games real?

On e-bay, there are items that basiclly helping players to win a particular game. Besides,the economy from the games is real as we can see they sell things on e-bay and other places so that the game companies can make money out of it.