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Agatha Christie: Death On The Nile Scores People's Choice In Zeeby Awards

I-play and Flood Light Games' Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile, PopCap's Peggle, and Jewel Quest II were among the winnners of casual gaming site Gamezebo's annual Zeeby awards, which it hosted at Casual Connect on July 31.

Leigh Alexander, Contributor

August 1, 2008

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I-play and Flood Light Games' Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile has won the People's Choice Award for Casual Game of 2007 in casual game site Gamezebo's Zeebys awards. For the second year in a row, the Zeebys Casual Game Awards aimed to honor "innovators and leaders" within the casual games industry. Gamezebo hosted its awards event at Casual Connect in Seattle on July 31. 2008's awards show also raised $11,000 for its non-profit partner, the Starlight Starbright Children’s Foundation. Lifetime also broadcast the awards ceremony on its MyLifetime companion website, and Gamezebo said that over 35,000 people cast votes across 17 different categories. A few of the Zeebys winners: People’s Choice Award for Casual Game of the Year: Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile, by I-play and Flood Light Games People’s Choice Award for Best Arcade/Action Game: Peggle, by PopCap Games People’s Choice Award for Best Puzzle Game: Jewel Quest II, by iWin People’s Choice Award for Best Web Game: Bloons, by Ninja Kiwi People’s Choice Award for Best Hidden Object/Adventure Game: Dream Chronicles, by PlayFirst and Kat Games Craft Award for Best Mobile Game: Guitar Hero III, by Hands-On Mobile and MachineWorks Northwest, LLC Craft Choice Award for Social Network Game: Who Has The Biggest Brain? by Playfish Gamezebo hosts the full list of winners at its own site, and also at a site designated for the Zeeby awards.

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Leigh Alexander

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Leigh Alexander is Editor At Large for Gamasutra and the site's former News Director. Her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Variety, Slate, Paste, Kill Screen, GamePro and numerous other publications. She also blogs regularly about gaming and internet culture at her Sexy Videogameland site. [NOTE: Edited 10/02/2014, this feature-linked bio was outdated.]

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