In this hectic world we live in, many times work and appointments must come before the fun and joys in our lives, including that of getting to play videogames whenever we want. Gone are the days when we could fire up a game of our choice and spend hours toiling away – now we seem to game in stolen moments here and there. With that in mind, perhaps it is no wonder that casual games have become such a popular gaming choice (especially with women who make up the vast majority of casual game players), as casual games allow us to either jump in and get those quick fixes of gaming bliss or either play them for as long as we want when we do have the time. In honor of the casual game, we'll be bringing you a new Casual Game of the Week every Monday to help you find that fix you might be needing in your life, and this week we have: Wedding Dash.

The Diner Dash series has proven itself extremely popular among the casual game players of the world, especially the women. Though Flo is still on the go with her restaurants, it's now time for her personal friends to get some time to shine, such as Quinn, who gets roped into being a quick fix wedding planner, but she exceeds so well at her first one, soon everyone wants her to be their wedding planner. As Quinn, you'll have complete control over the wedding, making sure that you please the bride and groom, and that you do well enough to make some spending money as well.

Before every level starts out, Quinn is given a little letter, saying what her bride and groom are like; this includes such info as not liking tall flowers, not wanting to go on vacation away from home, and not liking seafood. With that in mind, you click over to the next menu, where you've got to make three different choices, which you'll base around what the couple asked for in their letter. Don't like tall flowers – find the shortest in the bunch. Don't like citrus foods – there goes the lemon chicken. It isn't that hard to do a bit of reading and make perfect matches, though some can be tricky, such as the guy afraid of mad cow disease not wanting fettuccini alfredo. For each one you get right, you nab yourself an early $100, which will certainly go nicely towards helping you make your monetary goal.

Much like the Diner Dash series, service is the main puzzle of the game, as you must personally sit guests in desired spots, and then serve them as quickly as you can wan what they want to eat. The three primary seating motivations behind the guests are: 1) preferred table (indicated by the icon over them – like a bell – and the one that matches up with a table), 2) preferred guest to sit next to, and 3) guest they don't want to sit next to. Given the limited seating options at once, and trying to place popular people towards the middle instead of the end, it can often be hard to perfectly put everyone in their desired location, and from experience, failing to place one guest (definitely two cost me) usually resulted in a loss for that level, and having to start over.

Once the guests are placed, service comes in four waves. First, you've got to take all the presents to the bride and groom. After that, then you have to take appetizers, entrées, and cake to them in that order, as they eat one to the next. Once a guest has eaten their line of food, they'll go to the dance floor to cut a rug, opening up spots for you to put the remaining guests. To screw with the puzzle solving here even more, some guests will eat slower than others, and since you get bonus points (you'll need them big time) for delivering two of the same items at once, it can be trying to time everything perfectly, so that you are making money combos left and right.

Besides your cook and waiter serving the guests, Quinn has to get involved herself, as wedding disasters can occur, which need her immediate assistance (indicated by a flashing icon of Quinn appearing over the problem). As you're clicking around, sitting and serving people, you'll often have to be on the lookout so that you can direct Quinn to fighting bridesmaids, flaming grills, crying aunts, and buzzing bees just to name a few.

To help you out in your business endeavor, every-so-often you'll be able to select an upgrade, such as giving you more points for items served, a faster cook, a faster waiter, a longer food table, etc. Depending on what you find more problematic, you'll focus your upgrading attention on what you think you need to overcome the personal problems you face while playing the game.

The graphics aren't amazing or anything, but with its simple stylings it manages to get over well thanks to its charm, and the smooth animation of idling movements or funky dances are all animated nicely. The sound work is mostly a bunch of clicking and checkmark type noises, with the wedding's DJ providing the background music, and though it's not unbearable, it isn't the greatest backing music you'll ever have heard. Still, for a casual game, it doesn't takeaway any from the gameplay experience at all.

If you love the Diner Dash games, Wedding Dash seems like a no-brainer. If every day of your waking existence is spent juggling work, family, and hobbies, then Wedding Dash will be a likely fit for you as well. The only people who might become frazzled by Wedding Dash's micromanagement details will be those who can't do more than one thing at one time without feeling overwhelmed, and hey, just consider this some good training.

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