▲ 318 ▼ Microsoft patents system to freeze games and inject ads during downtimes — watching commercials earns ad-free playtime credits (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 1 month ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world 92 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] darkwing_duck@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 month 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 month 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 month ago Granted. I remember Age of Empires II very fondly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month 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 month ago Granted. I remember Age of Empires II very fondly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] darkwing_duck@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago Granted. I remember Age of Empires II very fondly. permalink fedilink source parent