Minesweeper is super addictive. But it’s so abstract it hardly conveys the nerve-wracking tension you’d feel if you really were sweeping for mines. How could we change that? More »
Sick of Minesweeper? Let’s get rid of those mines and add some monsters. And then we’ll add some levelling up, RPG-style. Better? I thought so. More »
Charles Cecil, the brains behind adventure game classics Beneath A Steel Sky and Broken Sword, is working with charity developer OneBigGame on an all-new project: turning Minesweeper into – what else – an adventure game. More »
You’d think movie execs would be on a Minesweeper film adaptation like they would cocaine on a Hollywood hooker’s ass, but it took the artistic renegades from College Humuor to finally tap into drama of the PC logic game that has been detonating productivity for decades. Even Windows anti-fans should appreciate this one.
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Computer worm capitalising on retro gaming and Nintendo’s resurrection? Believe. Computers are getting infected via a Super Mario Bros. game attachment. Folks that click on it will infect their computers with the Romario-A worm, which spreads by sending itself to email address on the infected computer, forges the infected computer’s email and reduces system security. Other examples of malware packages masking as games include the Gonori-A Trojan with tantalises with Minesweeper. Okay, I can see accidently downloading Super Mario Bros., but Minesweeper? Talk about deserving it. Mario Worm [The Register via Game|Life]
