B3TA Interviews Wes Cherry, Creator Of Windows Solitaire
It would be rash for me to say anything other than Solitaire is a game that has stolen more office hours than any other casual video game created, ever. My own family has been blighted with this archaic piece of software on more than one occasion, and I doubt that any of us will get back the hours lost.
Turns out, it wasn't some faceless intern that created Solitaire, but Wes Cherry (don't expect you to recognize that name). B3TA managed to track down this elusive programmer, send him some questions and, lo and behold, 11 months later he responded.
Q:Exactly how much time and money has been wasted globally as a result of office workers playing Solitaire?A: There was a global recession in 1991/1992, just after Solitaire was released. Thank you very much. Oh, and you can't have your time back.
Q: If you could choose someone who would be afflicted with only telling the truth for a day, who would you choose?
A: George Bush. Man, what an evil dude. I wish I had another Solitaire game up my sleeve. If so I'd unleash it upon the world, causing another deep economic recession, leading a summary one term pruning.
Q: You know you're going to be stuck on a desert island. What game do you take with you?
A: Robotron 2084 -- The pinnacle of video games.
That is just a sampling of some of the questions asked and answers received. It's worth a flip through, even if he rarely meets a question with a straight answer. It is funny though.
Interviews: Wes Cherry [B3TA]
[via Kotaku]
Asterick
Posted to Video Games on 5 May 2008
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Other stuff like this: economic recession, microsoft, my mama, solitaire, wes cherry, windows 3.1
I just read the interview and visited his hopelessly outdated homepage. Saw pics of the guy. I'd hit it.
zomg i had windows 3.0!