National Solitaire Day is May 22. Solitaire has been a staple of digital gaming since 1990, when Microsoft introduced it to personal computers as a way to teach people how to use a mouse. We asked ...

Papaya Gaming's World Solitaire Championship takes a historic leap from virtual play to real-life gaming–with $300k in prizes up for grabs.

One of the most popular computer games of all time, the 25-year-old Windows Solitaire, was written by an intern named Wes Cherry who was never paid for it, or given royalties of any kind. The history ...

Solitaire is one of the most enjoyable games in the world, and its fame has grown since 1990 when it was introduced on Microsoft personal computers. It’s the game that Millennials know best as they ...

Over 500 million people have played Microsoft Solitaire since its 1990 release as an included game in the Windows 3.0 operating system. In 2019, it was inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame, ...

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Nine strategies that will improve your odds of winning. By Deb Amlen In some countries, one of the many variants of Solitaire games is called Patience, and it’s an apt name. If this pastime teaches ...

Microsoft Solitaire, the epic time-waster that has helped countless office workers get through the boring parts of their day, has been inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame. The game has ...

Netflix charges you $7.99 per month for thousands of streaming movies and TV shows. Spotify, Slacker, Rdio and others charge about $10 per month for unlimited music. And Microsoft? They want you to ...

Read more from Slate’s special issue on procrastination. Josh Levin chatted online with readers about this article. Read the transcript. In a 2000 Wall Street Journal essay, Slate’s founding Editor ...