Kyle Orland: top related news
27.02 / 17:43
UPS
Microsoft
Booking
Software
fishing
That time Bill Gates got so obsessed with Minesweeper high scores that Microsoft staff had to conjure up one he couldn't beat
Journalist Kyle Orland is writing an entire book on the history of Minesweeper(opens in new tab), which I suspect is a much more fascinating topic than it may at first appear. Minesweeper is one of those games that feels somehow omnipresent now, always there no matter which PC you're on, though its roots are in early '90s Microsoft and specifically the Windows 3.0 era. As part of the book's launch campaign Ars Technica features a chapter about those early days(opens in new tab), and one particularly big fan of the game.
