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Skype's new casual games portal
by Ian Bogost May 29, 2007
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Casual Games
Internet telephony service and Ebay company Skype has announced their intentions to create a casual games service for the product. When AOL announced games for AIM, I initially thought the service might provide interesting opportunities to reach a more general audience. But I'm not sure that that promise really came to fruition. MSN followed suit, and still the opportunities are really no different than the traditional casual games portal. Do you think games on Skype will be any different?
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