Post-Bulletin has an interview with Nancy Smith, president of The Sims,
and a study released by the East Carolina University's Department of
Recreation and Leisure Studies highlights the "mood-lifting effects" of
casual games. These headlines and more in our end-of-the-week casual
news roundup.
News
Features
Links:
[1] http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/04-28-2008/0004801208&EDATE=
[2] http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/83457-GreenScreen-Interactive-Starts-with-Indicted-Take-Two-Executives
[3] http://pc.ign.com/articles/870/870646p1.html
[4] http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/30/kongregate-gets-3-million-from-bezos-growing-fast-and-about-to-unleash-its-games-on-facebook/
[5] http://www.mcvuk.com/press-releases/36780/Booming-Casual-Games-Business-Gets-Own-Trade-Title
[6] http://www.developmag.com/news/29692/Marvel-pushes-into-casual-games
[7] http://eng.musicshake.com/event/nexon1/
[8] http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080501005334&newsLang=en
[9] http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/chumby-abs-gaming
[10] http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=849419
[11] http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Mobile/Digital Chocolate/news.asp?c=6624
[12] http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/83405-Play-Hard-Aims-At-Casual-Games-and-Sports-Fans
[13] http://www.prnewsnow.com/Public_Release/K-12/199164.html
[14] http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=849774&sourceType=1
[15] http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080429006125&newsLang=en
[16] http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?a=339223&z=19
[17] http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Mobile/The Wright Stuff/feature.asp?c=6578
[18] http://www.gamezebo.com/admin/content/widgets_assigner/3749