How Flash games shaped the video game industry

Today, modding is mainstream in gaming on PCs, where the platforms tend to be more open than they are on consoles and mobile phones. The popular PC game store Steam has hundreds of millions of pieces of user-generated game mods and components. It’s not uncommon for hit games to begin as mods of other games, including League of Legends (an adaptatio

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The reason that gaming is so much bigger than other media categories isn't because there are more gamers than there are music listeners. It's a difference in *business model* This is why all creative industries will move to microtransactions & virtual currencies.