(note: "KyleOrl" VGF profile)Mike and Tyler talk to Gaming Editor at Ars Technica and author of the Boss Fight Book Minesweeper, Kyle Orland! They discuss the origins of Minesweeper at Microsoft and the games surprising competitive scene. The theme music is by RoccoW. The logo was created by Dani Dodge.
"Codex: History of Video Games": "Episode 262 - Minesweeper with Kyle Orland" (video)
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Re: "Codex: History of Video Games": "Episode 262 - Minesweeper with Kyle Orland" (video)
...we didn't have Minesweeper or Freecell on the computer when I was growing up (Mac family). Instead we had Saddam's Revenge, which was functionally identical, except that whenever you blew up, a little cartoon Saddam Hussein would pop up and laugh malevolently. Mac developers were goofy, man.
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Re: "Codex: History of Video Games": "Episode 262 - Minesweeper with Kyle Orland" (video)
Hey, it's Kyle!
And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"
And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"