REDMOND, WASHINGTON- With the launch of their newest solitaire engine, Vista, Microsoft hopes to bring the art of single player card games to a whole new level. Gone is the flat green background, replaced by a seductive green-to-dark-green gradient. The "play" and "quit" buttons are pleasantly shiny like beads of glass, softly inviting you to click them. Even the diamonds, hearts, spades, and clubs all have a sexy updated look. After poking around Vista for a few hours, it's difficult to imagine stacking sequential cards of alternating suits with anything less.
Even harder to believe is the steady stream of bad reviews for Vista. After five years of waiting, it would be understandable if some members of the press felt that Vista should represent a bigger jump from its predecessor than it does. For instance, they point to Microsoft's original promise that all versions of Vista would feature a common 64-bit architecture- but that makes no sense at all since the game only has 52 cards. It seems fairly clear that anyone talking trash about Vista just hasn't played it.
from www.ridiculopathy.com
4 comments:
me thinks this guy is waxing far too lyrically for what he is actually reviewing!
Hey, it's solitaire! This is serious stuff!
Hmm, did the bit about minesweeper get edited out? They had better not get rid of that game or else I may switch permanantly to mac in protest.
Me thinks Margie doesn't get the joke. The minesweeper bit is in the complete article click the link.
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