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Don’t deny it, you’ve wasted away countless hours at work or school playing Windows Solitaire. It’s one of those games that has little to no challenge, yet remains entertaining enough to get use all through the long days. Ever wondered how Microsoft happened to set the standard as far as worthless time consuming personal computer games is concerned? Meet Wes Cherry:

Wes Cherry. Never heard of him? Well, he’s only the creator of possibly the most played computer game ever written. Nope, it’s not Space Invaders, but humble Solitaire for Windows, installed on hundreds of millions of machines World wide. Sadly, a compensation or royalty package was never discussed, so he’s never benefited financially.

Check out the interview with Wes Cherry on B3TA. I feel kind of bad for the developer. It’s too bad we can’t start a donate a penny for every computer that you’ve played Solitaire on. Thanks Jeff.