And that wants to be called for a Javascript program something
Cowthello is getting a reasonable number of referrals from Liste von Reversi/Othello-Spielen online, a list, in German, of 146 othello/reversi games available online. The write up for Cowthello- listed under Tom, not under Cowthello, number 12 last time I checked- says the following:
Eine lustige Variante mit Kühen als Spielsteinen und dazu gar nicht so schlecht. Ich konnte sie nicht auf Anhieb schlagen und laut einer mitgelieferten Tabelle hat sich das Programm auch ganz wacker gegen andere Programme behauptet. Und das will für ein Javascript-Programm etwas heißen.
I used Babelfish to translate this and was going to edit it slightly to make the English more natural. It is, however, so charming as it stands that I left it:
A merry variant with cows as Spielsteinen and in addition not at all so badly. I could not strike it at first attempt and according to a provided table the program also completely more wacker against other programs maintained myself. And that wants to be called for a Javascript program something.
As sil has pointed out before, this does need updating and the alpha-beta nettle needs to be grasped. Just not today. See if you can strike it.
A.D. XV KAL. NOV. MMVI
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Cow Solitaire on the radio
Cow Solitaire has been mentioned on national radio! I think. In any case, it appears on the website for Miles Mendoza's Website of the Day, which is part of Steve Wright in the Afternoon's no doubt excellent show on BBC Radio 2. It was apparently mentioned on Friday A.D. XVII KAL. OCT. MMVI, quote:
Thanks to Emma Mason for her email challenging me to find "a good cattle or livestock-related game for the weekend". Cow Solitaire does what it says on the tin - It's Solitaire with cows instead of marbles. Milk the Cow challenges you to click on as many cows as possible in order to fill your virtual bucket with milk.
If anyone can confirm this 10 seconds of fame I would be most grateful.
I tried to comment on Mr Mendoza's site to suggest that Cowthello might have been a more satisfying and interactive example, although he is no doubt too busy searching the web for similar gems to have time to approve my comment. Moreover, a link to http://www.aurochs.org/cows/games/ would have provided Ms Mason with far more choice. Anyway, it explains why this weblog started getting quite a few referrals from the Cow Solitaire page.
The research for the this article also threw up a more disturbing development. The rather unobvious idea of a cow-themed solitaire has now surfaced in physical format with the Haba Cow Solitaire board game, retailing at $12.39. Don't pay that kind of money: play for free!
A.D. XIII KAL. OCT. MMVI
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