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Video
games have come a long way since pong. What began as a technical challenge
for computer research has evolved into a huge business which some figures
show to be more profitable than Hollywood movies.
Unfotunately, many people are still unaware of all the work that goes into making a commercial game. Back in the days when pong was made, and for a long time thereafter, games were made by one or two people. Many people still believe that this is the way games are made, by a couple of people just hanging out and writing code all day. In the Modern game industry, this just is not the case.
Take a look at the picture at left (Morrowind© by Bethesda Softworks). While you probably realize that more than one person made this work, you might be surprised at the number of different disciplines that went into it (some of which cannot be conveyed visually). What I hope to do in this site is give you a better feel for the amount of work and art that really goes into making a modern video game. Just follow the links at left to whatever you're curious about.