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!
Fame!
Doesn’t Listen Again help with confirming it?
You are top Google hit for “online cow game”, incidentally. I am not clear whether this is something of which you should be proud.
I’ve only had a brief look at Listen Again and I think it only had the last day’s show. That said, with all due respect and gratitude to the chap for helping me get some hits*, I don’t particular relish listening to three hours of Steve Wright.
Of course being the top hit for “online cow game” is something to be proud of!
* I signed up for Google Analytics on Tuesday and apparently Cow Solitaire got 157 hits yesterday (Wednesday). That must surely be a decline from last Friday when it was actually** mentioned. “Whoot” I believe is the appropriate term.
** Perhaps