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Very cool post by a developer who worked on Call of Duty: World at War about the development of the Zombie Nazi defence minigame that’s unlocked once you finish the campaign. As it turns out, The Last Stand was one of the primary influences!

“A few hours after talking to the producer about doing the extra content, I was talking to one of our designers about tower defense games and the proposal to make one. He mentioned a game called “The Last Stand“, which is a flash game where you play as a survivor fighting off zombies…. So, I played a few rounds and had a huge epiphany. “Zombie Nazis!” I thought to myself. You could do a lot of the same stuff here, but make it more interactive and more intense in the first person.”

Read the whole post here – Nazi Zombies, Ray Guns and Magic Chests

It’s cool that casual games are influencing the mainstream “hardcore” games as I’ve always felt that we’ve been piggy backing off their side of the industry. Thanks to Victory over at Newgrounds for the heads up.

Talking to a friend recently about my work he came out with somewhat of a revelation that hadn’t occurred to me before. Talking about Warfare 1917, he said to me:

“You know what I like about it? I can play it while I’m on the phone at work.”

Sure enough, you can. The gameplay doesn’t require the attentiveness of the average action game. His comment got me thinking, do people like playing games where they’re not required to give it their full attention ALL the time? The popular casual games of the last while seem to back the theory up, look at Desktop Tower Defense, Sonny, Age of War. Interact with them a little, then sit back and watch the result. I know with all of the aforementioned games I set off with the intention of only playing a while but the simplicity and lack of effort on my part keeps me playing for hours.

What  do you guys do while playing these types of games?

Are you a fan of these minimal interaction required type games? Why?