for those unfamiliar, spider solitaire for the windows xp is a computer game with cards in it and also spiders. the spiders can be scary at first but for fans of the horror genre it adds a fun spooky element that reminds you that you are playing a game on the computer. it is a perfect game for the beginners of the computer gaming experience and also for long time fans of the computer who may already be familiar with other spider solitaire-likes games like purble places for the windows 7