PopCap Co-Founder Says Casual Gamers Repelled By Hex Grids

For all of those who think that casual gamers are the bane of the hobby, you now have an ultimate weapon. It seems that anything with hexes is guaranteed to frighten away the the segment of the population that considers PopCap games a huge leap into unknown territory. Over at Gamasutra, they have an interview with PopCap's chief creative officer and co-founder Jason Kapalka on the issue of hexes, the grids that are standard in many strategy and puzzles games. According to Kapalka, one look at a hex-grid is enough to scare away an inexperienced gamer. "Hexes look like, I don't know, I think they give off a vibe of science, of dirty stuff, of war games, and hex paper, something about them just turns people off," he said. (link)