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My new column: Casual as in Sex, not casual as in Friday
by Ian Bogost October 10, 2007
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Casual Games
Gamasutra has published my latest "Persuasive Games" column, this one about new ways of understanding casual games. I propose an alternative to the tired "easy to learn hard to master" design value for casual games:
One reason for this is a lack of imagination about what casual might mean. I propose an alternative: casual games that players use and toss aside -- one play stands, serendipitous encounters never to be seen again.
Read the whole article over at Gamasutra.
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