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The world of video games is, as our title suggests, a limitless revolution. Very much like the industrial revolution in the 1800s and the IT revolution in the 1990s, the emergence and advancement of video games are fundamentally changing human society. Giving rise to innovative technologies, new commercial markets and unforeseen social challenges, the limitless revolution of video games shall usher a new age of thinking, entertainment and communication in our modern world.

This website, Gamefest: The Limitless Revolution, comprehensively and objectively analyzes the history, inner workings and social effects of video games. Through reading this website, visitors will be able to gain an informed perspective on this powerful and revolutionary constituent of modern culture and society.

Technology
For the last 20 years, the advancement of video games was supported by the continuous improvement of computer and electronic technologies. Even today, the quality of a certain game console largely depends on the sophistication of its internal hardware. This section explores the history of game-related technological innovations in the last two decades, and provides detail accounts of technologies used in gaming systems and consoles today.


Industry and Market

Besides its influence on the advancement of electronic technologies, video games have also established an entirely new, gaming-oriented commercial market. Larger than any other media market in the world, the video games market now brings in billions of dollars of revenue for the entertainment and gaming industry. In this section, the reader can find a wealth of information concerning the history of the video games market, current updates in the games
industry, and an overview of the different approaches used in professional game development.


Impacts on Society
Like any other revolution in history, the video games revolution is powerfully affecting our modern society in many different aspects. From areas ranging from psychology to sociology, video games have affected the core of numerous components in human society. In this section, we have included detailed analyses of the psychological and social impacts, along with the pros and cons, of video games in our world today.



 

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