Tyler grew up in Silicon Valley during the '80s and '90s, playing games like Zork and Arkanoid on early PCs. He was later captivated by Myst, SimCity, Civilization, Command & Conquer, all the shooters they call 'boomer shooters' now, and PS1 classic Bushido Blade (that's right: he had Bleem!).
The days of precariously storing your Wordle history in your browser's cache are over: You now need a free New York Times account to see your stats.
However, when I finished today's Wordle—the 1,000th Wordle puzzle—the bar graph of my guess distribution that I've been seeing for years was absent. In its place was an invitation to see my stats by making a free New York Times account. NYT, Wardle attributed Wordle's success in part to players sharing results on social media, and said that he didn't actually invent the idea: he turned the emoji block recaps into an automated feature after he saw a player doing it manually.
Tyler grew up in Silicon Valley during the '80s and '90s, playing games like Zork and Arkanoid on early PCs. He was later captivated by Myst, SimCity, Civilization, Command & Conquer, all the shooters they call"boomer shooters" now, and PS1 classic Bushido Blade . Tyler joined PC Gamer in 2011, and today he's focused on the site's news coverage. His hobbies include amateur boxing and adding to his 1,200-plus hours in Rocket League.
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