Eclecticist

Wherever electricity can be found, so too the means to play video games. Worldwide youth culture has a sizable slice of it's collective time absorbed by the competitive pixel shuffling offered up on a rapidly growing spectrum of hardware. From simulation to Space Invaders, arcade hall cabinets to massively multiplayer fantasy epics enjoyable from the comfort of one's own broadband connection—games and gamers are spoiled for choice. A growth industry almost without compare, what is the state of the art and how far has it come? Who are the gamers? What of the future - will we be tapping in our initials on our deathbeds? Eclecticist.co.uk.