Some people consider computer games a complete waste of time and CPU power.
Yet if you stop to analyze the effect games have had on overall computer technology, you'll find that they have helped the industry keep moving forward at a blistering pace. Reliability First, the rigorous requirements of computer games exert strong pressure on manufacturers to increase the performance of their products. Compare the computer industry to the airline industry. The difference between a computer game crash and an airplane crash is in the consequences. Because of this difference in consequences, buyers of airplanes demand reliability over performance, while buyers of computer game hardware are more sensitive to performance ratings than reliability ratings.