Microsoft Excel as a 3D game engine

This is either an advanced form of psychosis or genius: This guy demonstrates how to use Excel to make animated 3D graphics:

Integration of computer games and spreadsheets has tightened during the evolution of computer technology.

At an early stage this integration among the the games and spreadsheets was comical, e.g. they were installed on the same hard disk, or the purchased games were listed in an Excel sheet. Later the integration has tightened, as some games introduced a built-in spreadsheet (accessible by the "boss key" feature) - or Excel contained some built-in 3D games as Easter Eggs.

Now we have arrived at the next step of this integration, as Excel's cutting-edge 3D functionality is not hidden in Easter Eggs anymore but can be accessible publicly and easily. Excel has grown up and started its conquest as a revolutionary 3D game engine.

(When he talks about Easter Eggs, by the way, he's not talking about what the bunny will pass out Sunday. He's taking about secret features hidden in software.)

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