| There are so many things which we have as children | | | | inappropriate image; especially as these are now very |
| and then when we reencounter them as adults they | | | | popular and there are companies such as Big Fish |
| have somehow been re-branded, or changed just that | | | | who have a huge selection of games in this style. |
| bit to irritate us. There has been a whole generation | | | | What's more, Big Fish Games sells all types of games, |
| who have grown up with computers and the simple | | | | so they are not just some old company rehashing an |
| games which were developed for these first | | | | idea to try and avoid bankruptcy, but they are a |
| computers. These uncomplicated games, which were | | | | company who have enough understanding of games |
| the best thing we had ever seen at the time, | | | | to be able to see the importance of the fantasy |
| progressively got more complex as development | | | | adventure games, which once mastered never offers |
| moved on, unfortunately work began to get in the way | | | | the same appeal (admittedly some can take nearly a |
| and we started to get less time to play the newest | | | | lifetime to master!), as well as the 'always there for a |
| games when they came out. Before we knew it, we | | | | quick gaming fix' of 'casual games'. |
| had lost touch with the gaming world as other | | | | Why have a go at 'casual games' if you have never |
| demands were put on our time. | | | | come across one before? Well, they are definitely |
| The beauty of the first games was in their simplicity. | | | | addictive, so you will be have hours of fun, they are |
| They did not come with a thousand page manual in | | | | designed so you can just leap straight in and have a |
| twenty different languages, they were games where | | | | go, but there is one really useful aspect, they can be |
| you could just start playing and only stop when you | | | | played on a computer or laptop! So if you are |
| were either so frustrated that you had to stop | | | | practicing in secret then you can always just Alt_Tab |
| (otherwise you would have thrown the thing out the | | | | back to that document or spreadsheet which you |
| window) or if another member of the family came and | | | | have been working on and no one is the wiser. So you |
| demanded a turn. These games were simpler and had | | | | can get that T-Rex munching eggs with just a few |
| innocence about then. Unfortunately the next | | | | clicks and then you will remember why you liked |
| generation of games strove to impress with greater | | | | computers when they first came into your life, before |
| complexity and in doing so destroyed the part that | | | | they became about reports and work! |
| was most attractive, the simplicity. After some time | | | | There is another advantage to the new 'casual games' |
| the beauty of the early games shone through and | | | | (apart from the obvious improvements in graphics and |
| suddenly they were all available again, and the | | | | speed), these can be played online, and if you are |
| upgrades have kept the concept in tack. | | | | feeling really generous there is a section on the Big |
| There was one very unfortunate twist to this tale of | | | | Fish site for games you can play with your kids |
| rediscovery, someone thought to call these great | | | | (otherwise you could just not tell them about it and |
| classic games, 'casual games'! Such an unattractive | | | | keep as much of the computer time to yourself as |
| name, such an implication of boring games, such an | | | | possible)! |