The New Gamer Journal has a short post pointing out that, as their headline handily describes, 'Casual Gamers Compete for a Million on TV', and linking to a press release from the GSN U.S. cable network.

This reveals that Fun Technologies and GSN are combining to apparently televise (though details are a little vague!) the finals of "the first annual million dollar Worldwide Web Games championship", and that: "Players from around the world qualify for the championship by competing in any of three of the most popular skill-based games: Bejeweled 2, Solitaire or Zuma."

The New Gamer's G. Turner grins: "I can't help but wonder just how compelling watching Bejeweled or Solitaire from the sidelines will be. Regardless, this should be good news for casual games and developers as it always seems it's the hardcore console and PC games that get the public exposure." Also, don't forget, kids - casual games save lives!