What is a casual game?

[happydolphin]

RolStoppable said:

TruckOSaurus said:

Also as a side experiment for those interested, I would like you to simply answer casual or hardcore for the following games (or game series):

Mario (platformers)
Zelda
Halo
Grand Theft Auto
Call of Duty
Mario Kart
Madden
Uncharted
Street Fighter
Final Fantasy
Monster Hunter
Smash Bros.
Guitar Hero/Rock Band
Gears of War

I bolded all casual games.

The definition of a casual game is evermoving, but usually it's simply a term used to describe games a given person doesn't like. You can basically call everything you don't like crap in a nice manner. The term "casual game" is most commonly used when talking about games on Nintendo systems and it shouldn't be hard to figure out why this is the case.

Brilliant :)