![]() Windows 8 is odious for many reasons - specifically because it's an inept mangling-together of three different interfaces, a disturbing attempt to turn the PC into a walled garden and it stealths a shopping channel into the heart of the OS - but hearing that PC game stalwarts Minesweeper, Solitaire and Majong will be re-released and infected with Achievements as part of it drove to me true despair. What’s more interesting is the idea of Xbox Games for Windows.Until today, I've been of the opinion that anyone proclaiming the Mayan apocalypse will strike in 2012 was a half-witted knobhead, but now I too have the incontrovertible proof of impending doom for all humanity. It’s effectively the same Minesweeper as always with some achievements. Plus you earn extra points for picking up gold. It’s basically the same but is skinned to look like an adventure game. Regardless, this was enough to entice me. As far as I can tell, medals are basically achievements but don’t grant any gamerscore. This one also has additional medals and daily challenges. It’s part of Xbox Games for Windows, which means it has achievements and leaderboards. It’s annoying not being able to play it on top of other things thanks to the way the new interface works in Windows 8, and it’s also the first time I’ve consistently used software not in Desktop mode. I know it looks a bit different in that screenshot, but that’s actually because I put a theme on it. I finally added a Microsoft account on my computer and downloaded software from the Microsoft Store.
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