▲ 327 ▼ Microsoft patents system to freeze games and inject ads during downtimes — watching commercials earns ad-free playtime credits (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 1 week ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world 96 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] darkwing_duck@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 week ago (2 children) Arguably not a "game" game, it's a simulator. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 child) Age of Empires I remember playing, Im sure there are others as well. Everyone always says the "fun fact" about minesweeper and solitare being made by Microsoft to ensure users learned how to point and click, left/right click, and drag and drop, but I would say that was more a means to an end than a video game development aim though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] darkwing_duck@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago Granted. I remember Age of Empires II very fondly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 child) Age of Empires I remember playing, Im sure there are others as well. Everyone always says the "fun fact" about minesweeper and solitare being made by Microsoft to ensure users learned how to point and click, left/right click, and drag and drop, but I would say that was more a means to an end than a video game development aim though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] darkwing_duck@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago Granted. I remember Age of Empires II very fondly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] darkwing_duck@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago Granted. I remember Age of Empires II very fondly. permalink fedilink source parent