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Before the Wii took off into the stratosphere the casual gamer was regulated to cellphone games. Crossword puzzles, sudoku, and the simple side scrollers on a 2″ screen were the best a “casual gamer” could hope for. Console titles, with a few exceptions, were out of bounds. The controllers and popular game types were [...]

Recently there has been a spate of of articles on the web stating that the core gamer is doomed to extinction by the rising tide of the casual gamer. It is said that the hardcore gamer is a niche market, and like all niche markets, when they go mainstream, will be poorly served. This [...]