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Recommended sites

A selection of great sites from across the web for playing casual games.

• Casual Girl Gamer

  The latest casual games reviewed, lists of the best casual games in different categories, interviews with casual game developers.

• Gambolio

  iTunes for flash games - create your own library of your favourite flash games. More than 10,000 games available. New games added all the time.

• Mangima

  A nicely designed Flash game portal where the games are all of a high quality because they are hand-picked by the site's staff.

Gaming articles

Some great articles about gaming from Casual Girl Gamer.

• Ten more games that will make you think about life.

  Continuing our tradition of bringing you thought-provoking games, we present yet more games that will have you pondering on the meaning of it all.

• Top Ten Platform Adventure Games.

  Turn off the TV, put down your book, stop whatever you are doing, and come play the ten best platform adventure games we could find on the web.

• Top 10 Dungeon Crawlers.

  Grab yourself a lantern, some health potions and a sturdy sword, and join us on our quest to play the top ten casual dungeon crawlers.

• Top 10 Puzzle Games.

  Puzzleophiles rejoice. We have collected together ten brilliant puzzle games - all of which you can play for free in your browser.

• Top 10 Fighting Games.

  Unleash your combative alter ego with these ten beat 'em up games that can be played online for free.

Game reviews

Read these reviews of casual games courtesy of our friend Casual Girl Gamer

• Lume.

  State of Play's new puzzle adventure title Lume might be made out of cardboard cutouts but it is in no way a one-dimensional game.

• The Tiny Bang Story.

  Beautiful hand-drawn graphics, nicely balanced and creative puzzles and a great sound track, The Tiny Bang Story delivers on all fronts.

• Castaway 2.

  Robinson Crusoe had it lucky. He was only stranded on a desert island once. Things are not so easy for the hero of RPG adventure game series Castaway.

• ClubWorld.

  If the idea of running your own nightclub gets you excited, then Tapulous's latest iOS game might have you dancing around with joy.

• Insectonator.

  If the only good bug is a dead one, then you will be doing one helluva lot of good work in this cheery insect massacring game.

• Bela Kovacs and the Trail of Blood.

  Fans of noir adventures are in for a treat with this beautifully-realised point and click detective story by Extropia Games.

• My Little Army.

  My Little Army takes the core game play of battle sims like Epic War and Warfare 1944 and dresses it up with cute cartoony graphics and a Disney-like fantasy setting. The end result is one of the funnest strategy games we've played in a long while.

• Upgrade Completer.

  Some jokes are worth telling twice, as parody-cum-vertical shooter Upgrade Completer proves.

• Review: Nintendo 3Ds.

  Nintendo has done it again. After the huge success of the Wii, the company's new 3DS handheld looks set to be another game changer.

• Elephant Quest.

  A joyous Elephant-themed adventure game that brilliantly combines RPG, action and platformer game-play. You won't want to miss this game.

• Steambirds: Survival.

  The sequel to one of 2010's best strategy games is chock-a-block with dazzling new features and exciting new aerial combat missions.

• Pogo Swing!.

  Casual games do not get much more fun than this cute new launching game from the guys at Armor Games.

• Icy Gifts.

  This fun chain reaction game takes the core game-play of the classic Boomshine and soups it up with colourful graphics, upgrade paths and achievements.

• High Tea.

  The UK's Wellcome Collection brings you a brilliant trading game that explores one of the more unsavoury episodes in world history.

• Electric Box 2.

  The sequel to one of the best Flash puzzle games of 2009 will have geeks and nerds rubbing their soldering irons together with glee.

• Aurora.

  If there is one game that should convince you to install the Unity browser plugin, it is this stunningly beautiful solar system sandbox game.

• Tank World.

  HTML5 might still be in its infancy but it is already being used to create some highly impressive games, as Tank World amply proves.

• House of Dead Ninjas.

  Nostalgia alert! House of Dead Ninjas is a fun tribute to the old school 8-bit frantic platformers of the NES era.

• Arkandian Crusade.

  In something of a change of direction, game developer Undefined's latest title is not another Protector defence game but a retro RPG with a huge quest line.

• Corporation Inc.

  Armor Games head of development John Cooney has created yet another hit game with Corporation Inc, a business-cum-tower-building sim that proves that work really can be fun... when you're the boss.

• Glorg.

  One eye, one button, one to try. Don't miss probably the best one-button dungeon crawler ever made.

• Zombie Trapper.

  Funnaut's new platform-cum-defence game Zombie Trapper might have a few holes in its plot but this is more than made up for by beautiful graphics and unique and enjoyable game-play.

• Flock Together.

  Beautiful graphics, a charming storyline and fun original game-play make jmtb02's latest game a joyous and touching experience. If only it were a bit longer.

• ImmorTall.

  ImmorTall is a beautiful, emotionally moving game that makes you ponder on the nature of life.

• Home Sheep Home.

  Home Sheep Home is proof that casual games based on films or TV shows need not be shoddy rip-offs of existing genres.

• Potion Panic 2.

  Potion Panic 2 is an unusual but effective take on the defend-your-castle game genre.

• One button Bob.

  You don't need fancy controllers or joysticks to have fun with games, as One Button Bob - a game that requires just one button - amply proves.

• Fat Slice.

  Slice up shapes without letting the balls escape in this wickedly addictive puzzle game.

• Civilisations War.

  Civilisations War is a beautifully designed new strategy game that achieves the perfect balance between ease-of-play and depth.

Developer spotlights

Casual Girl Gamer interviews some of the world's leading casual game developers.

• Jake Elliott.

  You won't find any resource-management or mindless slash and dash games in Jake Elliott's portfolio. What you will find are thought-provoking games that encourage you to ponder on the human experience.

• Con Artist Games .

  Chris Condon of Con Artist Games has a reputation for developing some of the most polished games on the web. Casual Girl Gamer speaks to him about his gaming philosophy.

• Gregory Weir.

  By combining great story-telling with imaginative game worlds, Gregory Weir has created some of the most thought-provoking games on the internet.

• John Cooney.

  Armor Games' head of game development John Cooney - or jmtb02, as he is better known - is one of the most prolific and imaginative game developers around.

• Evan Miller.

  In ImmorTall, indie developer Evan Miller created one of the most emotionally moving games to grace the internet. We speak to him about his gaming philosophy and plans for the future.

• Mateusz Skutnik.

  Mateusz Skutnik is a rarity: a gifted artist who is also a skilled coder. He is responsible for some of the most beautiful casual games on the web.