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The author argues that the video games medium is much more complex than the traditional mediums. Traditional mediums like print, radio, cinema, photography etc are more or less one-way mediums which don’t require the users interactions where as the video games medium is extremely interactive and makes individuals use almost all their senses including their 6th sense. Today, engineers have taken this digital medium to a whole new level with astonishing graphics, music, textual material, sound effects and the most extreme one being online gaming. Online gaming has allowed users to play with unknown individuals from different parts of the world and this has exaggerated the experience of gaming to a whole new level. This billion dollar industry has developed a social media through the online gaming option, creating a connection with individuals with similar interests. Now, even schools and colleges have started offering courses on computer games and designing.