Casual Games

Game Portals 

PopCap Games

PopCap Games, creators of Bejeweled, Bookworm and other addictive free online games.

Yahoo! Games

Yahoo Games portal

MSN Games - Free Online Games

Play the best free games, deluxe downloads, puzzle games, word and trivia games, multiplayer card and board games, action and arcade games, poker and casino games, pop culture games and more. MSN Games has it all.

AOL Games: Play Free & Fun Online Games - Card, Strategy, Word & More

Play your favorite online games, free from AOL Games. Offering free games of every style - arcade, strategy, word, puzzles and more. AOL Games is your site for gaming fun.

Flash Games

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Free Games

Casual game portal

RealArcade

Casual Games Portal

Miniclip.com - Free Online Games, Multiplayer Games and more...

Miniclip.com - Free Online Games. Massive Multiplayer Games, sports games, adventure games, and many more.

Trygames.com PC Game Downloads

New and hard-to-find pc games all with free
trials at Trygames. Download and play!

WildGames

New Games
1. FATE
2. Polar Bowler
3. Bejeweled 2 Deluxe
4. SCRABBLE?
5. Mah Jong Quest
6. Family Feud
7. Trijinx ? Fairies

Pogo.com - games, chat and win prizes! Play your favorite online games here for FREE!

Casual Game Portal

Energames.com

Free downloadable games with reviews. Any game genres -- arcade, puzzle, action and board. Online games section.

Arcaplay (BETA) :: Redefining Arcade

Arcaplay - Your Source for FREE Online Games

Millions of games ? A folksonomy of games

Millions of games. A folksonomy of games. The largest directory of community bookmarked casual online games

Flash Games download and play free games and flash online games

More than 1600 free games and online flash games: action games, sport games, casino games, adventure games, board games, multiplayer games and more...Find out all the best online flash games for free!

SkillJam.com

SkillJam

Orisinal : Morning Sunshine

Orisinal.com by Ferry Halim with These Little Pigs, Bubble Bees, Chicken Wings, Bum Bum Koala, Snowbowling, Dare Dozen, Cranky Crabs, and more!

Kewlbox.com by Blockdot: Free Games for Online play or downloadable

Kewlbox.com powered by Blockdot, creators of Fowl Words, Chicktionary, Flip The Mix, Adventure Elf and other addictive free online games. People from around the world play these games, post high scores and compete as teams on Kewlbox.com. Blockdot is the recognized pioneer and industry leader of Adv

Welcome to PlayFirst!

Download and play free games online, including puzzle games, action games, strategy games, word games, arcade games, board games, and more game downloads from PlayFirst

Free Online Games at FreeArcade.com

Free online games, Arcade games online, online tank games, online sports games

Word of Mouse Games! :: WOM Games

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Oberon Games

Welcome to our game center
Oberon Media is happy to offer you this exciting online game service featuring the best game downloads available in one safe, easy to use environment. Here is where you can try any of our games out, find the games you like and own them for life. If you have never played a computer game before - this is the perfect place to start! Just visit one of the many game pages on our site and either download a free trial version of the full game or play the online version right in your browser. With a large variety of top quality games of all genres, you will soon find out how fun and rewarding casual games can be!

Don't forget - we are constantly updating our game selection to fit your taste and preferences, so be sure to check our new games section frequently!

Games at Zylom

Play the best word and puzzle games on the Internet at Zylom.

Shockwave.com - Play free online games, game downloads and multiplayer games.

Play free online games, download games, and multiplayer games. Action and Mind games.

Free Game Downloads: A New Game Everyday!

Free Games and free game downloads including puzzle games and more downloads available at Bigfishgames

BoontyGames.com - Download and Try Games ? Free Games

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Reflexive Arcade

Reflexive Arcade has free pc game downloads of award winning arcade games, action games, puzzle games, Ricochet, and Crimsonland Crimsonland!

Download Free Games, Play Free Online Games. Plus Word, Poker, Puzzle, Arcade Games

Free Online Games Plus Free Webgames And Download Games.Play Games, Word Games, Puzzle Games, Arcade Games, Classic, Jigsaw, Casino and more.

Conferences 

Casual games related conferences

Casual Games Conference July 19-20, 2005 in Seattle, Washington

July 13
- 14, 2006 Seattle, Washington
The Second Annual Casual Games Conference in Seattle, Washington

Articles 

Casual Game articles and information

Popping In On PopCap: James Gwertzman On Casual Growth - Gamasutra

By Frank Cifaldi
Gamasutra
December 14, 2005
Popping In On PopCap:
James Gwertzman On Casual Growth

Hardcore Casual - The Escapist

Some kids went to college. I went to Britannia. Then, I went to Italy. Then, I went to Iraq. Then, I went to bed.I was one of those kids who took a year off after high school, which is to say I spent a year working crappy retail jobs, drinking like a townie and playing videogames with a vengeance. I

Scrappy Kids Trying To Make It Big - The Escapist

Casual gamers are a species the industry has trouble understanding, at least the gaming industry we know and love. "Trying to capture the casual gamer," means, in industry parlance, "we're probably going to dumb down the same game we made last time, or maybe just offer an easy mode." When sales suff