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= American Games =

Overview:
What Americans do today to have fun or pass the time and even make money is way different from any other time period. There are board and card games, that varies from money games to word games to strategy games, they can play with family and friends. There are video games that people can play alone, with their friends or even someone halfway around the world. There are many sports today that you can play for fun or for a career. With all of these activities people never run out of things to do.

Games:
Americans today like to entertain themselves by playing different kinds of board and card games with friends and family. With technology, games can even be played on the computer. Classic board games are monopoly where you try to take over industries by buying properties where people have to pay you to stay there. Another is Axis and Allies, where you use war strategies to take over the world. There are many kids game like puzzles, shoots and ladders, and candy land. There are many card games people also play for fun like euchre, poker, solitaire, and many more. Kids tend to play easier card games like go fish, war, and crazy 8. People also gamble on many games and also with slot machines. All these games are played by Americans daily.

Video Games:
Many people like to spend their playing video games either on the computer or on the TV using a gaming system. People can play games listed above even on the computer. People can play action, sport, strategy games on the computer. A lot of people today, mainly the youth, play video game systems. Popular gaming systems today is the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and the Wii. The PlayStation and Xbox systems have games like Football, Baseball and other sport games. They also have games that are based on past wars and future wars, like Call of Duty and Halo. these games can be played online with people all over the world. The Nintendo Wii is very unique in that you have to use a controllers movement to move characters. It's the first of its kind and is very popular. Video games with technology is a ways to entertain Americans.

Sports:
American sports can be played for fun, for competition, or as a career for the gifted athletes. Popular games that are p ==== layed at all levels are football, basketball, hockey, baseball, and volleyball. Some other not as popular sports are tennis, soccer, lacrosse, wrestling, and rugby which are more popular internationally. People play these sports in there back yard, in s chool, all the way up to professionally. Professional sports include the National Football League (NFL), the National Basketball Assoc iation (NBA), the Major League Baseball (MLB), and the National Hockey League (NHL). Professional athletes are among they wealthiest of the world from salaries starting at $500k to over $25 million. From sports to games, Americans will never run out of things to do.

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