[casual_games] Origin of the term "casual games"

[Wade Tinney]

An historical/etymological question that a writer recently posed to me; what
is the origin of the term "casual games"? When was it first used to describe
this particular industry/genre? Perhaps some person or company on this list
was the first? Did we simply borrow it from the console/retail side of the
business?

Note that the last thing I want to do with this question is provoke a
discussion about the definition of casual games, or how it's not a great
name, et cetera. Beat that horse if you must, but I can assure you.it's
already dead. 

Thanks!

Wade


p.s. If someone from Google is on this list, this might be a good project to
spend your abundant free time on. Create a tool that would allow someone to
find the first time a particular word/phrase was cataloged by Google. I
would totally use it right now. 




Wade Tinney
partner, game designer
Large Animal Games, nyc
http://www.largeanimal.com
212-989-4312


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