And most of all, these new experiences are as fleeting as the original memories in their own way; Animal Crossing runs on a real-time clock, and before long the seasons will change.

A time before Wordle: Newspapers used to hate word puzzles “They get nothing out of it except a primitive sort of mental exercise.” By Louis Anslow Feb. 22, 2022, 10:05 a.m.

As Microsoft Word turns 40, we look at the role the software has played in four decades of language and communication evolution.