The world of gaming has hopped, skipped and jumped over the last 20 years, I remember sitting in my room till 4 and 5 in the morning playing an old platform games on my Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Pressing and pounding on the rubber keys and the noise it makes as it loads in, that sszzzzzsssszzzss for nearly 5 minutes then just as you thought it was ready to go it would come up error, you would have to start again.

That was then, now we have XBOX 360, PlayStation, PSP, Wii and DS these purpose built gaming machines load in seconds and with near real fighting and battle scenes, you can almost imagine being on the battle front. These game stations are not just for shoot-em-up games they can be used to improve your health as Wii manufacturer Nintendo has proven with the Wii-fit, this will track your fitness and even do a proper workout with you.

With the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP you are not confined to the house these gaming stations are totally portable so there is no need to sit in the house on a warm day claiming you are playing your favourite computer game. With today’s technology these games can only get better.