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Download PC Games, Fast, Easy and For Free! - Discover The Facts About Downloading PC Games

People have been playing games and gaming on computers since they were invented in the 60s. The older people will remember their first run at Pong, or Pak Man, while most twenty somethings will remember fondly playing Oregon Trail and the despair they felt when their oxen died or their whole wagon was struck down by diphtheria. 

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Now in games like Everquest or World of Warcraft gamers battle their friends who could be in the next room, the next county, or the next country. In fact a friend of mine once joked that it's great to run around playing Halo while lying in bed with a massive bag of Kettle chips.  The internet has not only brought about a surge in online gaming, but also a rise in people who are starting to download PC games.

You can download PC games at all kinds of different sites. Some of them allow you to download small games to your own computer and play them whenever you want. These games, often smaller applications like poker, pool, or puzzle games, are usually called "freeware" because they are free to copy, play, and give away. 

Other games called "shareware" or "demos" only offer limited versions of full games. They are often used to promote full retail games which usually sell for between full price i.e.. between $20 and $50.

Some Free downloads of these PC games are usually limited either in scope or in time.  For example, in the shareware version of an adventure game your character may only be able to explore a limited portion of the game's "world." Other games are limited by the amount of time you can spend playing the game or how many times the application can be used. These shareware games can be helpful to gamers who are unsure of if they'll like a certain game or if it will run on their hardware. They can now try before they buy. 

This can only benefit gaming as game makers will be forced to produce even better games because they know that if they don't impress us then we simply won't buy. The days where a flashy advertisement and attractive box cover could push people to buy, these guy now need to deliver quality games in this new marketplace of downloadable gaming. 

Most sites make downloading PC games a relatively painless process; with a few clicks you can start downloading your favorite game. The pain usually kicks in for dial-up users, as some games, especially shareware versions of large, graphics-heavy games, can weigh in at hundreds of megabytes. 

This makes downloading many PC games the territory of the DSL or cable modem, which can still take a while handling the larger downloads. However, smaller games can be downloaded and enjoyed by everyone, often serving as a needed break from Minesweeper and Solitaire on your home computer. With so many different choices, hopefully you will never go back to Spider Solitaire again.

Comments: "I can see the trend of downloading PC games growing even more popular over the next few years. This trend is driven by the massive popularity of downloadable music site like iTunes and Rapture making paid for downloads more acceptable. More and more games are playing online linkup games with people all over the world so downloading the actual games in not such a big step forward, it seems like the next natural progression. Underpinning this behavioral change the high-speed Internet connections that most people who are serious about computing now subscribe to, be that through broadband or cable connections. It is even posable to use your electricity company to supply you with a highs speed connection to the Internet is some places!" 

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