PopCap's Bejeweled crept up on its tenth anniversary last year, and PopCap is now among the world's most prolific and best-known casual gaming firms. Which makes the company's weird origins all the more surprising -- the company's three co-founders entered the industry as "Sexy Action Cool", makers of a halfhearted strip poker game.
Certain games have kind of taken on a bit of an iconic status," Kapalka told audiences at the 2011 Game Developers' Conference. "In 2001, when I told people I made a game called Bejeweled, the response was 'so what'. In 2011, when I tell people I designed Bejeweled, the response is 'bull shit you did."
Video Game Canon writes:
"Shortlisted as a finalist in 2015, 2016, and 2018, the title was passed over again and again and again. But Minecraft’s creative sandbox become too big to ignore this year, and it has finally been enshrined in the World Video Game Hall of Fame."
Psy from Bit Cultures writes: "This week I run down the best of the so-called casual puzzle genre spawned by, but not including, Tetris! Be it competitive or relaxed, will your favourite make the list?"
Jack and Ryan bring you five facts over puzzle games, featuring: Hexic HD, Peggle, Tetris, Fez and Bejeweled.
