LIFT08: Guy Vardi (Casual Games)

steph-note: live blogged notes, may be incomplete, etc.

LIFT08 163 Guy Vardi

Casual games?

  • “silly, stupid games”
  • “games for the housewife”

steph-note: video went way too fast for me.

If a hardcore game is a full meal, a casual game is a snack.

Snacks are not dinner, say the WoW fans.

People play 2-3 hours a month, 3-15 times a month. (steph-note: not sure I got that right.)

Second largest money waster in the US after the subprime crisis ;-)

Stats: rising phenomenon. People spend more time playing online games than watching clips on YouTube or interacting in social networking sites like Facebook.

Bite-side episodes. People want short stuff (video clips, TV episodes, music).

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