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The Joy of Casual Play

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By Omar (@siegarettes)

I am a filthy casual. 

I’ve spent hours playing Match-3 and word games on my mobile devices. I have a soft spot for “walking simulators”, bought Yosumin! just to have a game for every letter of the alphabet, play visual novels, buy licensed trash and love the Wii. Just look at some of the games I own:

Bejeweled 3, Peggle, Insaniquarium, MySims Skyforce, TMNT Smash, Blastforce, Hakuoki, Dance Central 2,Tiny Wings, Zookeeper. I mean that’s some serious casual nonsense, yeah? At one point I even contemplated buying that Power Rangers Samurai DS game and that Emily Strange skating game. 

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My most played 3DS game is Animal Crossing. You could even say that’s the reason I bought a 3DS. So why is this guy running a site about videogames? And more importantly, why should you give a damn about these games?

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