Since its commercial birth in the 1950s as a technological oddity at a science fair, gaming has blossomed into one of the most profitable entertainment industries in the world. Mobile technology has revolutionized the industry and gaming has become so integrated with modern popular culture, that even grandma knows what Angry Birds is. Today, more than 42 percent of Americans are gamers and four out of five U.S. households have a console, so gaming is no longer relegated to a small segment of the population.