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Interview with Joshua Howard, Carbonated Games
As Microsoft's in-house casual games studio, Carbonated Games does everything from rebuilding classic Windows games like Hearts for the MSN Games portal to creating original content like Solitaire in Motion and Hexic. The studio's newest project, UNO, is currently the #1 download on Xbox Live Arcade and will also be the first Live Anywhere casual game playable across Xbox 360, PC, Windows Live Messenger, and mobile devices. Joshua Howard, head of production at Carbonated Games, walked us through UNO's development and shared his thoughts on what Live Anywhere means for casual gaming. (And, because we couldn't resist, he also tells us what it was like to work with Tetris's creator Alexey Pajitnov on Hexic.)