[casual_games] Casual Games Quarterly

[Aaron Murray]

Thanks James - that info is wonderful!

-Aaron Murray
Tandem Games

On Jan 22, 2008 12:09 PM, James C. Smith <james at reflexive.net> wrote:

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> If those trends in casual game core mechanics interest you then you should

> definitely review the presentation I have as Casual Connect last year in

> Seattle.  The information is not quite as up to date, but it does include

> several nice line and bar graphs rather than just grids of numbers. There is

> a great chart showing the rise and fall of the Zuma clones on Real Arcade

> and all the other games types over a 5 year span all in graphical form.

> Plus, if you listen to the MP3 audio recording of the session, and fallow

> along in the power-point slides, you can year some of my analysis.  I think

> I point you when key games were launched and later cloned such as Zuma and

> Diner Dash.

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> Download this package form the CGA web site. It has the Power Point, the MP3

> audio, plus a bonus Excel file with lots and lots of numbers.  ppt & podcast

> (41MB)

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> Or visit the CGA's Podcasts & Slides web page where you can read about my

> Game-Sales-charts.com presentation and many other presentation from Casual

> Connect.

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> From: casual_games-bounces at igda.org [mailto:casual_games-bounces at igda.org]

> On Behalf Of Tim Turner

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> This is pretty awesome stuff!

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> Anybody want to take any (all?) of these charts and note significant

> releases on the timeline?

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> A lot of these spikes are bound to be awesome releases.

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