wired.com - 3/10/2009
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When you play the game Peggle , do you think everything is left up to luck, or skill? As it turns out, the answer to this question might say a lot about the nature of gamers -- and what makes someone a casual or hard-core player. In case you haven't heard of Peggle , it's a title that came ...
joystiq.com - 3/9/2009
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joystiq.com —
PopCap Games' alarmingly addictive Peggle and Square Enix's
Crystal Defenders will both be releasing to the Xbox...
Live Arcade this Wednesday, March 11 for 800 ($10) each. That is, if Major Nelson and his podcasting co-host, e , can be trusted ...
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This Wednesday: Peggle and Crystal Defenders join XBLA
joystiq.com - 3/13/2009
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joystiq.com —
PopCap's Peggle has earned a reputation as The
Casual Game It's Okay For Game Journalists To Enjoy....
It's almost the perfect casual game, or even the perfect arcade game -- its mechanics can be explained in seconds, and it is possible to have a ...
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Joystiq Review: Peggle Dual Shot
www6.popcap.com - 3/3/2009
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art supplies Channel your Peggle Fever into something
great and help create the next version of Peggle....
You could win some great prizes in the process! So put on your finest creative cap and dream big...the world is your canvas, and Peggle is your ...
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PopCap Games - Peggle™ Art Contest
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Penetrating Peggle's Appeal
The Escapist : Latest News —
... is so damn addictive is a worthy question in and of itself, but just as intriguing is the mystery of how a game so clearly aimed at casual gamers has gained such a strong following among the hardcore. Your mom likes Peggle . That guy you know who talks about "Prestiges" in Call of Duty loves Peggle , probably more than your mom. Seems weird, doesn't it? Wired 's Clive Thompson investigated this phenomenon, and the results are fairly fascinating. Turns out PopCap themselves have put a decent amount of thought into figuring out why such different groups of people like this ...
Daily Linksplosion: Thursday, March 12, 2009
Infinite Lives —
... WIRED – Getting Lucky: Hard-Core Gamers Penetrate Peggle’s Physics ...
GameSetLinks: Casual, Hard, Magical, Wasteland
GameSetWatch —
... Points: Video Games Should Watch the Watchmen
Kinda an unholy combo of Watchmen and top list, but I liked it!
Daniel Primed:: Gaming Analysis, Critique and Culture » Likening Games to Music (Videos)
A nice idea, and something I've meant to get round to - Mr. Primed does a good job here.
Vorpal Bunny Ranch: You're brilliant, gorgeous, and ampersand after ampersand
An interesting discussion of romance in games.
Wired.com: 'Getting Lucky: Hard-Core Gamers Penetrate Peggle's Physics'
'Bejeweled, ...
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blog.wired.com 1/23/2009 — Pegglenights Every time I meet with the guys at Peggle developer PopCap Games, the first words out of my mouth are always "When are we going to play Peggle on an iPhone?" They've never been able to give me an official answer -- until now. Alongside a ...
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Yes, when PopCap released their Bejeweled addon a while back, the first question on everyone's minds was: when are we getting Peggle ? And here you go: as of this morning, you can download the brand new Peggle for WoW addon from PopCap's site. WoW ...
Peggle DS is the ultimate version, says PopCap
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Everyone is joining the "ultimate edition" bandwagon. We've heard the term recently used by EA , and now we're hearing it from PopCap's vice president of video game platforms Greg Canessa. In an interview with Pocket Gamer , Canessa calls Peggle: ...
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casualgamerchick.com 5/5/2009 — Tower defense games are the rage in the casual game market, everyone is building a tower defense game hoping to make it big and become the next top casual game. Once upon a time Bejeweled clones and derivatives would match-three their way up the ...
Blizzard Hires Casual Games Guru From PopCap [Rumor]
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