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How PC Software Collections Introduced a Generation to Canasta
Sunday, July 26, 2026
Bundled card-game software like Hoyle Card Games introduced a whole generation to canasta. Here's how those CD collections kept the game alive.
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How Digital Checkers Grew From DOS Shareware to Eleven Online Variants
Thursday, July 23, 2026
From Arthur Samuel's 1962 IBM checkers AI to eleven online rulesets, here's how digital checkers grew from shareware curiosity to a global game family.
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How Tic Tac Toe Became One of the First Games Computers Learned to Play
Monday, July 20, 2026
How a 1952 Cambridge experiment turned tic tac toe into the world's first graphical computer game and a cornerstone of early AI research.
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The Card Game That Shipped With Every Windows PC and Still Holds up
Friday, July 17, 2026
Microsoft bundled Solitaire with Windows 3.0 to teach mouse skills, and it became the world's most-played game. Here's how, and what to play next.
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