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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. Am I the only one... by MrMage · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ... who was playing Solitaire when this story was posted?

  2. Re:Screw Card Games! by Z34107 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Now if only Microsoft would include a good Chess game...

    Actually, they did on Vista. *ducks*

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  3. More popular than any console game? by e03179 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Windows Solitaire may be the most-often played computer game.


    And isn't it the most popular video game? I'm tired of the "PC gaming is dead" rhetoric. Mini-games, like Solitaire, are hugely popular. Yeah AAA titles are more popular on the console, but gaming on a computer is not dead.
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