Minesweeper

The only way to save the world, is to sweep mines. It's really not that exciting.

An Video Game Review

by Shad

I decided to finally try out this game Minesweeper. You might have seen it before, in fact you might even have it and not realize it! It’s supposed to be a fun and very addictive game, and since I am not playing any MMORPGs right now, I thought…what the heck!

Minsweeper was originally developed as an early war-game in a small middle eastern country that no longer exists. That design gave way to the current version, which was used as a model for projecting social uprising or acceptance, depending on psychological affects on the people from actions put into practice by the government. Ya see, the local factory workers were getting out of hand rather frequently, and the government was having trouble knowing when they would need to have resources available in or to suppress protests and riots. The grey blocks represented suppressed factory workers, and the smiley face represented the government’s status. Any blocks uncovered would generate a random number for a riot scenario, or for a blank box, it would generate an uprising by one village of immigrant workers. After the country’s dissolve into a larger middle eastern country that also no longer exists, the program was sold to Microsoft for about $15 U.S., a used Dodge Durango, and 3 goats.

Anyway, I tried this game out and it seemed very interesting at first. But, I soon got very frustrated with it as there seemed to be no rhyme or reason to the gameplay at all. A smiling face that was once a symbol of friendship and security soon became a leering, tyrannical standard of oppression and torment. At that point, I started noticing more and more flaws with the game, such as poor graphic design, no input ability for joysticks or game controllers, and virtually no compatibility with any of the top ten 3D graphics accelerators. In short, I found Minesweeper to be a poorly designed, frustrating, and annoying game. When I was finished with it I uninstalled Windows, poured gasoline on my computer, set it aflame and marched in protest of Microsoft’s half-assed attempt at keeping me entertained for more than 3 or 4 minutes.

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