A presentation trying to draw attention to the often overlooked industry of electronic entertainment and video games as a legitimate and central promoter of social media.

1. Video Games:The Greatest Social Media Catalyst Image by daniellewilmer -Flickr

2. Image by c0venant - Flickr Many People Believe Pong (1972) To Be The 1st Video Game Source: Brookhaven National Laboratory 2011

3. The 1st was actually Tennis For Two in 1958 It was an oscilloscope tweak in a display to promote atomic power! Source: Brookhaven National Laboratory 2011 Image by Brookhaven National Laboratory

4. Video games have always brought people together. Image by Sony Insider

5. Image by toniayis – ncba.info Most of the time the people brought together never come close to meeting

6. Currently 65% of Americans & 80% of Brits own at least one Next Generation Console All of which support GLOBAL MULTIPLAYER Source: -Harry Wallop, The Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 15 2009 -http://www.onlineeducation.net/videogame Image by thisisbossi - Flickr

7. Image by mohamedalkhatib - Flickr Many games allow up to 64 playersto interact together either competitively or for a common goal

8. Nearly 1 Billion home consoles have been sold The Sony Playstation 2 is the best selling at 138 Million units Image by Chris Pirillo - Flickr Source: http://www.onlineeducation.net/videogame

9. Video games are known for pushing technology forward into the consumer market Image by FastLizard4 - Flickr

10. Image by Astro-Boy - Flickr VIDEO GAMES ARE NO LONGER JUST FOR KIDS THE AVERAGE GAMER AGE IS 32 Source: http://www.onlineeducation.net/videogame

11. Everyday more and more people above 25 become regular gamers Maybe this will get video games attention as a true form of social media Image by OnlineEducation.net Source: http://www.onlineeducation.net/videogame

12. The Average Total Weekly Play Time is 18 hours per Gamer Image by picasnpoints - Flickr

13. In 1988 people were finally able to transport their social media to friends with the introduction of the Nintendo Gameboy Image by 0xDE - Flickr

14. Video games are everywhere now. They’re in our phones, tablets, and notebook PC’s Image by David Min - Flickr

15. Video Games have become so popular that some are social media brands people can directly identify with. Image by Walter P. - Flickr

16. Users can create a personal world where they are the HERO. Or even the VILLAIN Image by Pink FingerPrint - Flickr

17. Consoles can now let people connect socially and express themselves One of the most popular is the XBOXLIVE avatar Image by chrisfurniss - Flickr

18. They can even let people KINECT in alternative ways Image by Luke Plunkett – Kotaku.com.au

19. Modern electronic entertainment platforms just don’t promote themselves anymore Image by Mike Schmid – Flickr

20. They promote all sorts of media, software, and technology Image by xbox.com

21. Video games are no longer child’s play They are driving forward all forms of social media Image by Bouzz – Flickr