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A Lamentation for Alt-Tab

By Alec Meer on May 12th, 2008.

Faithful Peggle alt-tabs without complaint. Bless you, Peggle. Bleggle.

Today, a mini-rant, as befits my short stature and general foul temperament.

Or, at least, an open question. Why do so many PC games not support alt-tabbing out?
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