My 11 year old niece and supermodel sister in law played Littlebigplanet..

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This thread is hilarious. Derailed so much at this point.

On topic though LBP is definitley a game with maybe 1 hour learning curve. But once you pick it up, casual or not, you are pretty much guaranteed to have a good time. I've seen people who haven't played games since PS1 enjoy LBP.