It's easy to forget that Nickelodeon has money when you're too old for Spongebob, but the Viacom-owned Nickelodeon is dropping $100 million into casual gaming development over the next two years.

While much of the money will develop preschool-oriented content, expect overhauls on Nickelodeon sites Addictinggames.com, Shockwave.com and NeoPets.com. More NeoPets? Sweet. Pokemon rip-off, I choose you!

But when you realize all of those sites are owned by one of the most powerful media conglomerates in the world, it makes you crave something a lot more substantial than Pong repackaged as a soccer ball. Hopefully this $100 million goes to good use and feeds content-starved gamers.
Nickelodeon Commits $100 mln to Casual [nextgen]