The basic structure of Minesweeper is built around logic and probability. Players are supposed to formulate deductions about the locations of mines, often from clues defined by numbers. This section ...

There's something about a game coming pre-installed with a computer OS that seems to undermine its credibility. If you've owned a PC over the past 20 years, there's every chance you've sunk at least a ...

One of the classic games that came loaded on everyone’s first computer is Minesweeper. Minesweeper is a total icon in the gaming scene and a great way to either kill some time or get your noggin ...

Microsoft’s classic computer game Minesweeper is being reimagined as a TV competition series. The project is in the works via a deal with OBB Pictures, which is now developing a take that like the ...

The original Minesweeper is a simple and precise puzzle. It's a game of deduction—eliminating possibilities one by one, using cold, hard numbers, until you have found the truth. BroomSweeper dares to ...

I recently got an ad for Solitaire 95 on Instagram. I don’t know what I did to piss Instagram off so much it put me in the demographic of ‘people who play Bejeweled Blitz on non-timed mode,’ but the ...

(The following is an excerpt from Kyle Orland's upcoming book Minesweeper, an in-depth look at the history and evolution of the classic puzzle game that has been a mainstay of Microsoft's since it ...