Solitaire In The News, February 2013
Here are some quick links to recent solitaire-related news and information:
Montreal councillors caught playing solitaire during citizen Q&A
"QMI Agency caught several city councillors visiting Facebook and playing solitaire in during a citizen Q&A at City Hall, but not one of them apologized after they were busted. 'I do what I want with my laptop. I can still hear what's happening in the chamber. I'm still paying attention.'" [link]
Ed. Note: There's no need to apologize for playing solitaire! ;)
An Intriguing Relationship Between Solitaire and Texas Hold'em
"Starting-hand selection is critical in both solitaire and poker. It is important to give due consideration to your holecards in poker and your initial face-up cards in solitaire. If you do not, and then play hands dealt to you without regard for the relationships among your cards, I can guarantee you will be a loser. Intelligent, well-informed starting-hand selection is essential to being a winner in both games." [link]
Do People Really Want Social Games?
"But do people want social? Do they really? Because then I have to ask why Solitaire is still one of the most popular PC games in the universe, despite its, you know, solitariness." [link]
Solitaire: Me vs. Me
"I learned to play solitaire as a child. Its advantages over other games were obvious, even then. No need to persuade a friend to play or explain the boring rules, no hard feelings when someone won or lost, no lessons required, no costly equipment to badger my parents into buying. I could play whenever and wherever I wanted. All I needed was a deck of cards." [link]
Solitaire Game Releases
- Spider Solitaire, blugri [Windows Phone]
- Seven Seas Solitaire, Big Fish Games [Windows]
- Canfield Solitaire, Sprightly Software [iOS]
Notable Quote
"I know maybe a dozen writers hooked on computer solitaire. It's the ideal writer's game. It even feels a little like writing, only more relaxing."
~ Francine Prose
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