In ancient Rome the people spent their free time at the Arena. The games were bloody then, and although the spectators may have enjoyed, I'm almost sure the players did not. Under the Pharaos the Egyptians already played cards and the Norse have rolled dices for quite some time. In the middle age commoners enjoyed the knightly joulsts and didn't seem to mind that the participants had a fair chance to loose a limb or more. We're not so blood thirsty these days but are still fond of games. We love to pretend, that's why adventure games and also dress up games are so popular. It begins in childhood, and there's always plenty of games for kids under the Christmas Tree. It keeps going in the teen years; birthdays always bring hints about the latest playstation 2 game one absolutely needs and an amazing choice of multiplayer games will keep the kids in the Den for hours. Grown ups are even worst; they'll search the web, download games and spend the evening pretending to be heroes or sharpening their minds on crosswords, trivia or any of the many games easily found on sites such as addicting games com . It's all fun, let's all make sure it stays that way though and that the games do not someday override reality.