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The Role of Casual Games in Every Day Life

Posted on September 4, 2008 - Filed Under Casual Gaming, Editorial | Leave a Comment

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If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting, keep it casual!Rick from iQ212 wrote an interesting article about the “void” casual games fill in every day life. Basically, he feels there are three main areas that everyone needs to be happy in life. Those areas are [...]

GTA IV… Perfect 10 Score?

Posted on April 26, 2008 - Filed Under Editorial, Industry News, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | Leave a Comment

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Imagine that, IGN gives Grand Theft Auto IV a perfect 10 score while barely scoring any casual games above 4. This proves a bit about what we mentioned the other day about mass market journalists and their approval of hardcore games over casual ones.
Does it deserve a perfect 10 score? Probably, consider the amount of [...]

Mass Market Game Journalists Aren’t Our Target Audience

Posted on April 24, 2008 - Filed Under A Look Back, Casual Gaming, Editorial, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, Retro, Xbox Live Arcade | Leave a Comment

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Twelve years ago the game industry had a growth spurt: 3D graphics. Although the concept of 3D graphics existed prior to 1996, the Nintendo 64, PlayStation and Sega Saturn stepped up the production value of video games. Increasing the overall cost to develop a single video game was due to the new complexities of graphic [...]

Are Game Story Lines Important?

Posted on February 26, 2008 - Filed Under Editorial | 1 Comment

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I recently read an article in the fall edition of Casual Connect Magazine about story lines in games. The article talked about the importance of story lines in games to draw the player in and make them want to continue playing until the end of the game. The article got me thinking whether game story [...]

New Casual Game Site: TheGamesList.com

Posted on January 15, 2008 - Filed Under Editorial, Flash, Industry News | Leave a Comment

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thegameslist.com is a newly launched casual game site that contains flash casual games. The site has many different games that should please any type of game style. The games on the site fall into almost all of the casual game categories, for instance, arcade, skill, puzzle, platformer, shooter, adventure, sports, strategy, driving and multi-player games. [...]

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