Freecell Hardcore
Kim Pallister just got back from a 4 day demo stint (of Vista, a.k.a Longhorn) at CES in Vegas (a.k.a. Heaven?), and has this little story to tell:
Then on day 3, I had these two little old ladies come up to my station. They looked really out of place at CES. I swear I kid you not when I say that one had a shawl of some sort and the both had the 'neck chain' hanging off their glasses and around their necks.
"Can I answer any questions for you?"
"We want to see the new Freecell!" was the reply in stereo.
So I walk them through a demo, and they ask a bunch of feature questions (can I change the background color?, can I save my game?, etc)
I tell them when it's coming out, and ask whether they want to see anything else.
"Nope, I'm gonna buy it to upgrade my computer. That looks really nice."
Now that's hardcore.
Grandma's are too old to deal with all the presentation bullshit and they go straight to the gaming core stuff.
If you can't get Freecell right, your OS isn't worth installing.
Posted by: dEOS | January 12, 2006 at 15:53
OMFG Thats Rockin!!!!!
Grandmothers R0xX3r$
Posted by: Stealth43 | January 12, 2006 at 17:16
Thanks for the link!
Yep, pretty hardcore, but not as hardcore as this casual gamer:
http://kpallist.blogspot.com/2005/08/who-said-casual-gamers-werent-hardcore.html
Posted by: Kim | January 12, 2006 at 17:17
I had to Google to find out what Freecell was.
I am not hardcore.
Posted by: Brinstar | January 12, 2006 at 20:38
http://www.villagevoice.com/screens/0535,dibbell,67176,28.html
Posted by: greglas | January 13, 2006 at 20:35