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Ah, Microsoft Casual Games, what would I do without you….particularly your word games. Such colorful, free PC gaming should be considered…well, let’s be frank.
You’re not the treat you put outside the word puzzles you assembled. I wouldn’t even say “created” because the word selection is not only repetitive, it’s depressing and discouraging, at times.
I do not relish in having coffee and cookies while playing your word games.
Finishing each step, along the path to the same treasure chest every round, with words like…
SORROW
BOREDOM
SCANDAL
HOODLUM
VANDAL
GAUNT
BALDNESS
LONELY
etc….
Shame on you. That’s about the nicest way I can put it. And, I know that sounds lame.
I realize, after supplying hundreds of puzzles along repeating game boards, you might run out of ideas not to mention the will to live. How boring can you get with all these words. Well, you’ve made it abundantly clear; the task was more than you could handle.
I don’t think anyone needs to solve a puzzle that only makes them feel worse about the life that already led them to playing your games. I sadly would say Solitaire might bring more joy…and that really is depressing, solitaire, the game for people who have no one to talk with in their lives or who would rather be alone with cards than socialize or do something more creative.
Then there is the false sense of pride from “earning” a title like “grandmaster,” after using twenty HINTS to complete the most recent puzzle. How can I be a master of anything if I let the game answer for me?
[Other online games, the sort that come as “apps” you are pressed to add to your “phone” to “play for free” would suggest actually spending money on items that help you complete their games. Bah–I say.]
In conclusion, I’ll tell you what is casual about these Casual Games….it’s the effort put into making them. Such casual effort supplied by someone clearly discouraged by their own life (or lives). I suppose, in some twisted way, your games are a prompt to examine one’s use of time and find alternatives.
So…thank you? for discouraging me.
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