Old school games used to have a boss key. It was handy and would be a cool feature. A full screen/window picture of a spread sheet or calendar or something would be handy, especially if it muted the sound at the same time too.

Alt+tab is nice but the explosions, launches, sirens, screaming, and mooing (Apoc) can be disconcerting to people who stop by my office. I Although it looks like I am working, the sounds give me away, and the sound of carnage raises some eyebrows.

Please consider resurrecting the Boss Key. I would prefer Alt+F1 so I can hit it quick with my left hand.

If there is a more savy way to stay out of trouble, please let me know. My current Alt+tab and soda spilling scramble to power off my speakers is not cutting the mustard.

you could turn the sound off in the options menu

I could. I could turn off the game and do my work too...

If there was a keystroke command for mute I could do that when I alt+tab.

The point was that I want to play Scorched Earth at work and not get in trouble from people coming in and seeing me playing games.

The boss key would help me avoid that. There was one in Scorch 2d.