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Knowledge Discovery Subject Enrichment

Although often admired for their success and influence, social networking sites and apps, such as Instagram
and Twitter, have also been criticised for negatively affecting teens’ mental health, their policy and interface
changes, alleged censorship, and illegal and inappropriate content uploaded by users.

ONLINE GAMING
Online Gaming is a service that lets you play games over the Internet or any other computer network.
Online games can be divided into several categories such as –
• Shooting : e.g., Counter-Strike
Battlefield

• Simulation : e.g., Railway Empire
FIFA 23
• Strategy : e.g., Age of Empires
Clash of Clans
• Role-playing : e.g., Paper Mario
Final Fantasy

• Action and Adventure : e.g., Disney Infinity
Amazing Spiderman
• Racing : e.g., Need for Speed Underground
F1 Racing

To play online games, you require :
• A high-speed Internet connection
• Gaming software
• A Graphics Display card, fast processor and large primary memory

• Gaming control devices, such as joystick or game controller
• Latest Flash player and web browser
Some websites that offer free online games are:

• www.pogo.com • www.arkadium.com
• www.bigfishgames.com • www.miniclip.com.

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