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		<title>Casual Gamers in Amsterdam</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas N. Burg</dc:creator>
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I will attend next week&#8217;s <a href="http://www.playyoo.com/blog/tags/thomas/amsterdam.casualconnect.org/">Casual Connect in Amsterdam</a>. If you are there and interested in meeting me please send an email to talk @ playyoo dot com or an SMS to +41786300839</p>
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		<title>mobile casual games (learning)</title>
		<link>http://randgaenge.net/2008/mobile-casual-games-learning/2678/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas N. Burg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, I&#8217;m rather new to the (casual) gaming world but got addicted pretty fast. While commuting and playing a lot of simple games it struck me. One of the casual games at Playyoo reminded me of the games my 5 year old daughter is playing. She is a big fan of Fragenb&#228;r and his friends. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ok, I&#8217;m rather new to the (casual) <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/gaming" rel="tag">gaming</a> world but got addicted pretty fast. While commuting and playing a lot of simple games it struck me. One of the casual games at <a href="http://playyoo.com">Playyoo</a> reminded me of the games my 5 year old daughter is playing. She is a big fan of <a href="http://www.fridolin-fuchs.de/">Fragenb&auml;r</a> and his friends. Those games have one goal after all: learning and having a fun time. And then I was wondering once why she was fascinated by <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Playyoo" rel="tag">Playyoo</a>&#8216;s offerings since we didn&#8217;t think of her as the target group.</p>
<p>Now it&#8217;s clear to me: 2 strands flow together. Learning works best if based on gaming. And <a href="http://blogs.icerocket.com/tag/casual gaming" rel="tag">casual gaming</a> works best if it&#8217;s based on simple <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/learning" rel="tag">learning</a>. That might be shallow but heh why don&#8217;t we have <strong>mobile casual learning</strong> yet.</p>
<p>Luckily I found this a few days later. <a href="http://www.gamasutra.com">Gamasutra</a> &#8211; the source for everything games.<br />
<blockquote><a href="http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=16779">Gamasutra &#8211; Opinion: Reflexive&#8217;s Carroll On Understanding The Casual Gamer</a>: &#8220;reasons for playing include educational use of leisure time, mental exercise, confidence building, stress relief, entertainment, and pain relief.&#8221;<br />[...]<br />
Gaming has often been seen as just simple entertainment without any need for meaning. However, when considering the casual gamer, it&rsquo;s clear that they are not satisfied with just being entertained; they may be looking for stress relief, learning, distraction, self-improvement, or simply a pleasant way to spend time with friends. Instead of looking for excitement, adventure or competition like the core gamer, casual gamers often want to feel that their time is being used beneficially.
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		<title>Prefs On-The-Go</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas N. Burg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did miss that report from Parks Associates &#8220;The New Frontier: Portable and Mobile Gaming&#8220; &#8211; found again at Flavert Media Lab.The chart summarizes the report =&#62; On the go users want casual games &#8211; on top rank puzzle and card games. Those games should be free and easy to download after all. Faisal Arbain, from [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did miss that report from Parks Associates &#8220;<a href="http://newsroom.parksassociates.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=4999">The New Frontier: Portable and Mobile Gaming</a>&#8220;<img src="http://playyoo.com/blog/images/mobilegaming_pr1.gif" alt="mobilegaming_pr1.gif" border="0" width="600" height="410" vspace="8"/> &#8211; found again at <a href="http://blog.flavert.com/2007/12/22/statistik-mobile-gaming/">Flavert Media Lab</a>.<br />The chart summarizes the report =&gt; On the go users want casual games &#8211; on top rank puzzle and <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1199398383_0">card games</span>. Those games should be <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/free+mobile+games" rel="tag">free</a> and easy to download after all.</p>
<p><a href="http://sabau.flavert.com/2007/12/26/flashlite-11-game-for-playyoo-orang-bunian/">Faisal Arbain</a>, from Flavert Media, uploaded a Malaysian game to <a href="http://playyoo.com">Playyoo</a> only recently. Will try that one asap.</p>
<p>It perfectly fits that <a href="http://mariamdh.blogspot.com/2007/12/more-flash-lite-games-on-playyoo-join.html">Mariam Dholkawala</a>, from <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1199398383_1">Mumbai</span>, just uploaded her 6 games.</p>
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