Comments on: Casual games get serious http://www.philsteinmeyer.com/100/casual-games-get-serious/ Phil Steinmeyer's rumblings on the game biz, programming, and life Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:30:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jay Barnson http://www.philsteinmeyer.com/100/casual-games-get-serious/#comment-970 Jay Barnson Tue, 16 May 2006 21:24:53 +0000 http://www.philsteinmeyer.com/100/casual-games-get-serious/#comment-970 The success of Live Arcade for the XBox 360 has not gone unnoticed. I'm a bit of a retrogamer, myself, so this leaves me feeling all kinda warm and fuzzy. Now will we get to the point where we realize that <a href="http://www.rampantgames.com/blog/2006/02/id-like-more-casual-in-my-hardcore.html" rel="nofollow">casual games aren't a genre or category</a>, but more of an approach (or adjective) to making games? Hopefully as this market expands and grows, the definition of "casual game" will do the same. The success of Live Arcade for the XBox 360 has not gone unnoticed.

I’m a bit of a retrogamer, myself, so this leaves me feeling all kinda warm and fuzzy.

Now will we get to the point where we realize that casual games aren’t a genre or category, but more of an approach (or adjective) to making games? Hopefully as this market expands and grows, the definition of “casual game” will do the same.

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