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Tag Archives: casual games
Lume Debuts for iOS
A little while ago I did a casual review about this game called Lume. You can check out the review here. It was a fun game made by a bunch of people who, according to Luke Whittaker of State of … Continue reading
Posted in Casual Games, General Gaming, Indie Games, Mobile Games
Tagged casual games, indie games, iOS, Lume
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Casual Fridays: CastLot does a great job losing me in five minutes
I have been shifting my gaming hours towards casual web-based games because they are generally free and there are plenty to choose from. A casual game needs to hook me within the first few minutes or I am going to … Continue reading
Posted in Casual Games
Tagged avatar customization, castleville, castlot, casual fridays, casual games, facebook games, gender, sexism
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Tiny Tower: all I could want in a mobile game
When I’m too busy and broke to play console games, I find myself browsing the mobile apps store on my iPod touch. Over the summer and into this autumn, I’ve tried a lot of “freemium” mobile games that are free … Continue reading
RamaCity: Manly casual game for men
Bigpoint, an online game publisher, has just announced a press release about their new game, RamaCity. This city-building game is their “first casual game targeted specifically towards men”. Is there any game more masculine than one in which players carefully … Continue reading
Here is a game: Fairy Princess Escape
The following is a guest post from Kirby. I’m a feminist, queer, white, cis-gendered woman who lives in Boston. I’m one of the co-founders of the Bitches of Destiny, a cabaret, performance art & burlesque troupe, and on the side … Continue reading
Posted in Casual Games
Tagged casual games, children, Fairy Princess Escape, Kongregate, sexism
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