At the beginning of this field, when the first computer games appeared, people had to save the game on their computer and then play it. Nowadays it’s a different situation, because you can play computer games online and what’s even better, is that these online computer games are free. Online computer games have the advantage that you don’t need to install them and that they do not occupy space on your personal computer. Like every computer games, playing online computer games has it’s advantages and disadvantages. Some advantages could be that you don’t waste time installing them and that they do not occupy space on your hard disk, but a big disadvantage is that you can always take viruses.

I suppose that everybody has tried at least once in his life to play an online computer game. There are different types of online computer games and for all people, of all ages, nationalities, religion etc.

So there are online computer games for toddlers, for children between 10-14, for teenagers, boys, girls, adults, old people, computer games about war, about fairies, about animals, plants and so on. It’s very easy nowadays to play a computer game online because most of them do not require an account and you can just play it like that, without having to pay for it. Of course, there are some online computer games that require an account but those are more complex games and following the steps in order the register the site is not difficult alt all.

One of the most common online computer game is “tetris”. This is a dynamic puzzle game invented by Alexey Pazhitnov in the year 1985.It’s really easy to play. The square pieces must be rotated and shifted as they fall and fill in the blank spaces. The game ends when the bricks don’t have any space left where to fall.

Another online computer game that is very famous is the arcade game “Pac-Man”. What is the most important fact about this game is that is non-violent, reason why it actually became very popular during the 80’s. It’s simple to play, all you need to do is eat dots and other prizes and try not to meet the four ghosts that are trying to catch Pac-Man.

Card games such as “freecell”, “Yukon”, “pyramid”, “shamrocks castle”, “blackjack” “solitaire” are also a category of very popular online computer games. The most played in my opinion is solitaire and especially FreeCell solitaire where the player must place all the cards in each suit in ascending order. The victory in this game depends more on strategy than on luck.

Online computer games, simple complex or strategic they can also be a meaning of entertainment and they can all help us relax. Online computer games have become quite a business nowadays, a real life area that people use every day for fun, field that they can even use to make money, by inventing, using and selling computer games.