Gameplay mechanics and You

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I'm surprised to see shooter and platform games in that list at all. Are retro types of games now becoming the new casual games, in comparison to the seeming intensity of 3D first person shooters and the like? Are those new 3D games so serious and in-your-face that something like a 2D shootemup or platform game suddenly becomes `casual`?