Casual games. What is it?

Casual games - this simple game with a simple plot and colorful graphics. As there is no violence, no complicated steps, which can last for hours. And yes, even Shooters simulators in these games are fun rather than plausible. In these games you can play for hours and can be 5 minutes, because this game can be accessed at any time. Their main task - to help unwind and relax, unlike other games that keep players in a constant voltage.

A bit of history

Father of all the mini - games can be tetris. Appeared in 80 of the last century, he instantly won the hearts of not only children but also adults. Remember how you and your parents could turn the clock daedal geometric figures, so that they can force in to the appropriate cell. Then a thunderstorm all offices 90: «lines». In order to test a pride in itself - a favorite, becoming a winner in this game, it was necessary to collect only a few lines of colored balls.

But the modern Casual games are beginning to set up in 2000 «Bejeweled» - the game, which was required to gather in groups of diamonds. Its creators themselves were surprised by huge success of his brainchild, but quickly wake and proceeded to forge the iron is hot. Their success inspired producers and other video games ...

Since then, in the light of thousands of new and exciting mini-games for the PC, but also for mobile phones. Well, thanks to the Internet, we were able not only to immediately find out about new games, and immediately play them.

Try before you buy

Nobody likes to buy a pig in a poke. That is why developers Casual games are often offered at first to play for free, so to speak probe. Well, who knows more than all the sense in the probe? Of course, women! It is they who are the main players in the «game for 5 minutes». More often than not, a free version of the game stops working after some time, or does not go beyond a certain level. In order to continue to play, you must purchase a registration code.
While the boss does not see

The simplicity and the ability to quickly play, another game made Casual office favorite entertainment. You can imagine the secretary, who will play the boss in the absence of any elaborate aids and run with automatic napereves? Hard, right? But the picture of patience, or lines of colored balls in the office familiar with all of your monitor. In the so-called «Toys for 5 minutes», you can play directly online or download it to your computer. Places they are little and do not require special computer power and additional equipment, and from the player - great talent and knowledge. The rules are simple, which means you can not spend valuable time on their studying, and you can start playing immediately.

Long evenings ...

Of course, causal games, enjoyed not only office workers in the absence of superiors. According to statistics, the main fans Casual games - are men and women aged 35 to 65 years. For many of them playing cards with their computers will replace reading a book or crossword puzzles razgadyvanie ... They have become part of an evening of rest, when you want to relax after a hard day.

And you can imagine a housewife, who, by stew dinner, say, 20 minutes, will wander in the face stalker on abandoned radioactive areas? This game is probably appropriate for her husband or eldest son. Already better than playing mahjong Raziq 2, so in time to open a new network of Coffee - Ice-cream or a pizzeria, while dinner is not burnt.

Girls and boys do not like to play interesting and colorful mini-games that are already often replacing traditional views cartoons. Each game is quite a short, which means that no child should be persuaded to go to sleep, or do the lessons right in the middle of the game, it is easier to wait when it will end.

To that like

Owing to the wide variety of genres, everyone can find a game for everyone:

Arcade - for those who like to run, jump and shoot. This game includes all sorts of aids and simulators. But that does not mean that will have to run all the time so shoot. Usually, these games are filled with riddles, mysteries and logical tasks.

Puzzles. The name already says that you will: all the quests, puzzles and logic games. In this genre is not only a variety of puzzles and the famous line, but crosswords, mahjong, and even chess. Some psychologists believe that giving a puzzle even for a few minutes a day, you will improve memory and develop ingenuity.

Arcanoid like those who want to test their accuracy, because in these games often have to beat all kinds of things trying to get to the goal. This requires not only accuracy but also the reaction.

Cards - Various card games and solitaire. Many of us with the pleasure of playing solitaires, who kindly provided the developers of «Windows», because these games have in each computer. But in reality, card game much more, they can play not only in isolation: it is possible to collect the entire company in order to spill over into kartishki. It is not required to invite all players to their homes, just an appointment online.

And of course good old Tetris, which keeps pace with the times and did not wish to grow old. Tetris has changed so that it is virtually impossible to know: all the familiar «Snake» has become a real snake - nimble and sometimes greedy. And all the familiar three-dimensional geometric figures have been!

See also:
Wikipedia article about Casual game - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casual_game