[casual_games] Re: What is a Casual Game?

[John Szeder]

I think that minesweeper is more of a "core gamer" game.

Using deduction to determine where to click is not intuitively obvious to
many people.

I don't consider Oasis, which is among my favorite games, to be very casual
either and it is inspired by minesweeper.

Judging by the volume and frequency of posts to the leaderboard, I think the
reaction of the consumer marketplace speaks to my statement. The reaction of
the penny arcade people, who are very "core gamer" oriented also seem to
support that while the game is "downloadable", it is not really "casual".

It looks like people are trying to derail this topic just as we are about to
explore a boundary condition so I will defer to the wishes of the list and
shaddup accordingly.

-----Original Message-----
From: casual_games-bounces at igda.org [mailto:casual_games-bounces at igda.org]
On Behalf Of Aleksey Linetskiy
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 8:29 AM
To: IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List
Subject: Re[2]: [casual_games] Re: What is a Casual Game?

I would disagree. In my opinion, both are casual games - they're just
for somewhat different players.

-- Aleksey Linetskiy
-- http://grumpytech.blogspot.com

Friday, January 6, 2006, 2:43:49 AM, you wrote:

> That doesn't say anything about accessibility or game style.

> I think most people would say that solitaire is a casual game, and
> minesweeper isn't.

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:casual_games-bounces at igda.org]
> On Behalf Of Adeo Ressi
> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 7:38 PM
> To: casual_games at igda.org
> Subject: [casual_games] Re: What is a Casual Game?

> I have a simple definition for a "Casual Game" that I always use:

> "Casual games have a short duration of play and are easy to learn."

> As a result of these two dynamics, casual games are a mass market
> phenomenon. To some extent, it does not matter what we, as an industry,
> think. It matters how we define ourselves to the end user: short and easy.

>         Adeo

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