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Why Windows Solitaire Eats So Much Time

Posted by timothy on from the chomp-chomp dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This article suggests that Windows Solitaire may be the most-often played computer game. It's not so much an article about Solitaire, but rather an article about Windows and human nature and socialization. If you play FreeCell, there's a interesting paragraph about its inventor." Can Solitaire really eat up more hours than have been sacrificed to Tetris?

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  1. Can It? by Vectronic · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Can Solitaire really eat up more hours than have been sacrificed to Tetris?"

    On a Per-Person level, I think there are more people that have spent 20 hours in a day playing Tetris, than Windows Solitaire.

    But, I think more people play Solitaire than play(ed) Tetris, so collectively its more hours.

    1. Re:Can It? by mrbluze · · Score: 5, Insightful

      But, I think more people play Solitaire than play(ed) Tetris, so collectively its more hours. That's ONLY because Windows doesn't come default with Tetris.
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  2. Re:Screw Card Games! by Mordok-DestroyerOfWo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I guess the key difference is that Solitaire and Pinball are usually found preinstalled on most systems. I find that when I'm preparing workstations I tend to leave them on there. When I walk by and see somebody playing solitaire it doesn't bother me, if I saw somebody playing the Sims or some fps there would be a problem.

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  3. Re:Origins of Solitaire? by Larry+Lightbulb · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wasn't Solitaire supposed to be showing people how to drag 'n' drop, and Minefield was to show them how to left and right click?

  4. MS forces name change by ChameleonDave · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The really significant thing about the Windows Solitaire program is that it has probably permanently changed the name of the card game Patience to "Solitaire".