Review: Xbox Game Pass is perfect for casual gamers

Review: Xbox Game Pass is perfect for casual gamers
Xbox is not just for kids or diehard gamers. (Image: Microsoft)
Henry Burrell
I am the dictionary definition of a casual gamer. My fondest gaming memories are still of the Nintendo handhelds of my youth. Tetris on the Game Boy and its theme music forever in my head, Pokémon Blue on the Game Boy Color giving me square eyes on Christmas '98, the Nintendo DS and the giddy wonderment of two screens. I got a PlayStation One after the PS2 came out, which pretty much sums up my engagement with home consoles since I was double digits old. I had a Nintendo GameCube mainly to play popular racing game Mari...

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