Yearning to escape the banalities of life is a common trait shared by everyone and computer games have played a large role in the last few years in satiating this need. It is an industry that has generated revenue of over $19.6B in 2009 so it isn't surprising that investments are being made to make sure that video game technology is always moving forward. Microsoft, one of the largest software companies in the world has done exactly that and dedicated plenty of money and resources to it's DirectX API.