How Evolving Hardware and Software Changed the Face of the Country In the past five or so years, computer technology and software has evolved at an exponential rate. Processing speed has increased by over five times what it was in 1997; also, the rest of the hardware market exploded. This explosion in hardware technology has led to the rise of computer enthusiasts, who build and tweak their own computers to gain the maximum performance possible out of them. Major computer resellers, such as Dell and Gateway, featured the newest hardware and software, which drove home users to get the newest and fastest. New software, such as games and 3 D animation programs that are used in movie making, has sent tidal waves throughout the moral and societal cliques of the country. Altogether, computers in all parts have drastically shaped the country as it is today.
Computer hardware, especially in the case of video cards, has etched the face of not only the country, but also the world. As video card technology has progressed, game manufacturers took use of that new technology, and made games much more graphically intense. The children of the late 1990’s gobbled games like Quake III Arena and Unreal Tournament up, for their amount of blood and gore, as well as fun factor. These violent and gory games in contusion with the rise of school shootings have caused an uproar in the media, which blames the new games for causing these school shootings (Media Scope).
The Essay on Computer Games 2
From the early ages of life, humans like other animals played games with each other. Humans played games to relax, build social bonds, increase social status, develop skills and dominance and so on. Since humans have higher brain power than other animals, man kind developed these playing habits into organized games. After the development of the computer, some developers saw the potential of ...
Also, the new technology in the video card.
