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Vote for the Best Casual Games of 2006 January 1, 2007 - by Ian Bogost Over at the excellent Jay Is Games, they're running a "best of" poll for 2006. I'm not sure how much longer it runs (they say they'll start posting results today), but our readers may want to vote for the Simulation category in particular. Nominees there include Molleindustria's The McDonald's Game, my own Airport Security newsgame, and GlobalKids/gameLab's Ayiti: The Cost of Life, all of which we've discussed this year on WCG. It's actually sort of interesting that Airport Security got categorized in Simulation. It simulates, to be sure, but shares more in common with action or arcade games from a genre perspective. I wonder if any game that addresses a real-world issue just seems like a simulation game by popular opinion. Anyway, we're humbled to be included in the list of nominees! Update (1/2): Voting is over, the winner in this category is Ayiti: The Cost of Life! Check out all the winners over on the site. Comment from Ian Bogost on January 3, 2007
Over at DonationCoder (http://www.donationcoder.com/2006/index4.php), they also have a "best of" flash games list for 2006. Check that one out too. POST A COMMENT
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