[casual_games] RE: Jay Ellsworth - 7/15/05 - The Definition ofCasual Games

[Sheri Pocilujko]

From: Thing 2 [mailto:thing2 at mchsi.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 12:15 PM
To: 'IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List'
Subject: [casual_games] RE: Jay Ellsworth - 7/15/05 - The Definition
ofCasual Games



I agree with you completely that UT2k4 is not a casual game but, don't
get me wrong, MMORPG's are in a sea all their own.  Massively
Multiplayer Online games, on the other hand, can be whatever we make
them.  That's why I mentioned that casual games pretty much rule out the
RPG's with quests that can have you running for 45+ minutes at a time.
And just because a game is massively multiplayer doesn't mean it has to
have a monthly fee (which I think automatically qualifies a game as
decidedly un-casual).

 
So what about all those cell phone games where people continue to pay
say 4.99 a month to be able to play Bejeweld or any other game anytime
they want? Are those not casual then?

Sheri Pocilujko 
Corporate Communications Director 
High Voltage Software 
2345 Pembroke Avenue, Hoffman Estates, IL 60195 
Email: sheri.pocilujko at high-voltage.com Web: http://www.high-voltage.com
<http://www.high-voltage.com/>  

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