They are games played on a TV set. Video games are made out of color and light not to mention the hard to do programming which is then installed on a disc. There is also a laser in the game system, which reads the disc’s bottom. Thus the images are projected on the screen.
		The video game was designed for people’s entertainment. Back when the computer was just catching on, some geeks thought that it would great if the computer could play games on. So they worked on it though the year and made the Atari. The games that were on were pong, missile commander, and etc. Sooner or later, bill Gates then added games to his Microsoft program. Also there were people from a Japanese company who made tons of yen (Japanese currency), by using their technology to make video games of their own.
		Today, many other companies have made videogames to make profit, so go out to an EB games or a Gamestop and try the games that they have made.