The teenagers of today spend a substantial amount of their time today playing games; be it online or on their consoles and PC through DVDs. Most of them though, tend to be attracted towards online gaming due to its great game play, easy user interface and addictive entertainment. Often being free of cost, online gaming has, since its advent, gained a huge fan following. What started off as a source of entertainment to while away free time is now fast transforming into an addiction. The whole lot of options made available in each game serve to attract users' attention, and keep it for a considerable time; the result often is that they become addicted to a particular game. The fascination of them knows no bounds.

So, what exactly is it about an online game that grabs the attention of youth the world over? The answer is a diverse but a very obvious one. Here's what we think is contributing to the growth of this addiction.

- The competitive nature of every online game. The fact that everyone can view scores and compare them with the best online, gives every person a reason to try getting better and better to somehow beat that one top scorer. This serves to engage their attention to the game unlike anything else, and has vital in the success of online gaming.

- In case a storyline or level based game, the thirst to get to the top at every level plays a crucial role in engaging the user's attention. Each user tends to concentrate on the game being played in an effort to get to the most difficult level and win it. Some don't even bother taking a break between levels, and stay สล็อต glued to their computer screens.

- The role-playing games available online make a young player imagine themselves as the character they are impersonating in the game, with the result that the virtual world becomes the world that they live it, and substantial effort is required to pull them back to the real world once they turn on their computers to play such a game.

- The games that have all levels locked, as is Angry Birds by Rovio Mobile, tend to engage the users' attention by making them wish for unlocking all levels. This anticipation results in a knack for playing continuously till one set of levels has been cleared, and is a major ace in the developer's basket to mint money.