Ep. 110: Minesweeper
Kyle Orland, author of the new Boss Fight Books\u2019 Minesweeper, joins the show to talk about one of the most prolific 90\u2019s games by the same name. In this episode:\xa0the Minesweeper generation, how Bill Gates got addicted to it, the ultimate time waster, it was a mouse tutorial, Microsoft\u2019s internal conflicts, the moral panic around games like Minesweeper, and the clock is ticking.
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