| It's a popularity contest. | | | | I'm willing to bet however, that if you can read this |
| Solitaire is hip, cool, and way more popular than Half | | | | article, your PC has all the juice it needs to run the |
| Life 2. Don't believe me right? Well, the numbers don't | | | | biggest baddest version of Solitaire ever created. |
| lie. According to two of the biggest search tracking | | | | You'll never be bored. |
| tools on the web (Wordtracker and Overture) more | | | | If your looking to expand your Solitaire experience |
| people are looking to play Solitaire then Half Life 2. | | | | head on over to your favorite search engine, type in |
| Almost twice as many. Wordtracker says that every | | | | Solitaire, and hit enter. Google finds about 6.8 million |
| day 5,031 people searched for Solitaire, while only 3,610 | | | | sites. Pick one, and have a blast. I'm sure you can find |
| looked for Half Life 2. Overture says 3,095 searched | | | | one that's way cooler than the one that came with |
| for Solitaire, while only 1,180 searched for Half Life 2. | | | | your windows machine. Now, how many variations of |
| And these days, Half Life 2 is in its prime. It's having its | | | | Half Life 2 are there to choose from? Umm I believe |
| 15 minutes of fame. Within 6 more months, when all | | | | the title suggests there are 2. Not much choice there. |
| the buzz has worn down, Half Lifes numbers will drop. | | | | You don't have to train with the circus contortionist. |
| After those same 6 months, Solitaire will be just as | | | | You'll really need to get your fingers limbered and |
| popular as ever. It's a classic; it never goes out of style. | | | | loose for all the crazy keyboard commands, |
| It's retro, old school, and bleeding edge all at the same | | | | combinations, and permutations you'll need to master |
| time. | | | | for Half Life 2. The original Half Life had 49 different |
| Save your money. | | | | keyboard / mouse control combinations to play the |
| Ya gotta read the fine print folks. Flip that pretty | | | | game. I suspect that version 2 has even more. Last |
| shrink-wrapped box of Half Life 2 over, and take a | | | | time I checked, the version of Solitaire installed with |
| peek at the little letters. You know, the ones with all the | | | | Windows, only needed 2. Point . . . and . . . click. Once |
| tech speak, that only the 14 year old in the family | | | | again, if you're reading this article (and obviously you |
| understands. Don't bother trying to read it; I'll translate | | | | are), I think you've got all the training you need for |
| for ya. It says, "Not only will you have to shell out 59.95 | | | | Solitaire. Ever seen a deck of playing cards before? |
| for this glitzy box in your hands, but prepare to cough | | | | Ok then, your trained! |
| up another $150-$ $200 (plus installation) to upgrade | | | | Slingo, Platypus, Breakout, Tetris, Zuma, Magic Vines, |
| that pathetic outdated machine you have at home". | | | | etc, etc, etc. |
| Yea right. Is there a big "L" burned into my forehead? | | | | |