How Hardcore Is Minesweeper? Pretty Hardcore.


If you owned a PC before the internet became a thing, chances are you spent a fair amount of time playing Minesweeper. But it turns out that some people never stopped playing Minesweeper and these people take it very, very seriously indeed.

This fascinating mini-documentary explains some of the finer facets of Minesweeper, including its history, where the game is headed, and the numerous different ways people play it. As always, when human beings decide to dedicate themselves to one single endeavour, tremendous things tend to happen.


Just for the record, I’ve posted a Minesweeper ‘speedrun’ just so you can get an idea of how insane people can get at this game.


This one is also incredible. Minesweeper is serious business.


The Cheapest NBN 1000 Plans

Looking to bump up your internet connection and save a few bucks? Here are the cheapest plans available.

At Kotaku, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think you'll like too. We have affiliate and advertising partnerships, which means we may collect a share of sales or other compensation from the links on this page. BTW – prices are accurate and items in stock at the time of posting.

Comments


11 responses to “How Hardcore Is Minesweeper? Pretty Hardcore.”

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *