A Day out with CNBC Awaaz's Tech Guru team

CNBC Awaaz's Tech Guru team had come to the Indiagames office to shoot an episode of Tech Guru. Tech Guru is India's award winning technology show in Hindi. Indiagames employees Ashish, Varun, Mit, Somesh and Clarence review MSI's gaming laptop.

Who is a gamer?

We have put together a few questions which will help you know whether you belong to the ‘gamers’ category or not! Answer in Yes or No and find out!

Do you like to have fun?
 A. Yes
 B. No



Do you belong to the age-group of 0-99 years?
 A. Yes
 B. No

 Have you ever played a game on any platform? TV/Mobile/PC/Console?
 A. Yes
 B. No

 If you answered mostly in A’s, then, congratulations! You, my friend, are a gamer!

Games you might have played as a kid!

We are sure as kids you must have played more than one of these games. Take a look back at how the games and gaming have evolved over the years. Right from playing Pacman on our Personal Computers to playing Solitaire on Pentium 2 processors to now playing Angry Birds on your iPhone or iPad. Gaming has come a long way and so have the platforms.

Ironically, the basic element has remained the same all throughout. We still compete for the highest rank on the leader board, we still get annoyed when we lose or die in the game.

Once addicted, we can pass the first few levels without even looking at the screen and only wait at the level we’ve been trying to cross. 

Several platforms have been introduced but the essential core has remained the same throughout. Be it a Roadrash or a Moto GP racing games are by far the most popular ones. 
 Cricket by far is one of our most preferred sport in and outside the gaming world! But the way football is picking up in our country the day isn’t far when the launch of Fifa 12 will be bigger than ever before!

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Battle of the firsts!

Which is the world’s first video game? Is it the Cathode Ray Tube Amusement device or is it Tennis for two or is it Pong or is it something else? It is an ongoing debate which has numerous arguments to it.

It all boils down to what is considered as a video game. Any game that is created using a computer and is displayed via a monitor or any video device is a video game; in the literal sense. Some would argue that any electronic game that is displayed using a video output device can be called a video game.

 

Going by the last definition the Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device developed by physicists Thomas Toliver Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann is the winner!

The game is loosely based on the radar displays used during World War II. The duo filed for a patent on 25^th January 1947 which was issued on 14^th December 1948. Thus, giving birth to an industry that would later develop into a phenomenon!