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Alongside fellow Windows gaming staple </span><i data-mce-fragment="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-fragment="1">Solitaire</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-fragment="1">, </span><i data-mce-fragment="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-fragment="1">Minesweeper</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-fragment="1"> wound up on more devices than nearly any other video game in history.</span></p> <p data-mce-fragment="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-fragment="1">Sweeping through a minefield of explosive storylines, Journalist Kyle Orland reveals how </span><i data-mce-fragment="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-fragment="1">Minesweeper</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-fragment="1"> caused an identity crisis within Microsoft, ensnared a certain Microsoft CEO with its addictive gameplay, dismayed panicky pundits, micromanagers, and legislators around the world, inspired a passionate competitive community that discovered how to break the game, and predicted the rise of casual gaming by nearly two decades. <br></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" data-mce-style="text-align: center;" data-mce-fragment="1"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Minesweeper-Boss-Fight-Books-Book-ebook/dp/B0D3B7JCBV/" title="Minesweeper by Kyle Orland Kindle Page" data-mce-href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/122781364-minesweeper"><span style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-fragment="1">Kindle Store</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-fragment="1"> * <a title="Minesweeper by Kyle Orland ebook in the Google Play store" href="https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=92zREAAAQBAJ" data-mce-href="https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=92zREAAAQBAJ">Google Play</a></span></p> <p data-mce-fragment="1"><i data-mce-fragment="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-fragment="1"><a href="https://twitter.com/KyleOrl" title="Kyle Orland Twitter Page" data-mce-href="https://twitter.com/KyleOrl">Kyle Orland</a> got his start writing about video games at the age of 14, when he founded ‘90s fan site Super Mario Bros. HQ on his parents’ AOL web space. Since then he’s somehow put together a career writing and saying millions of aggregate words about games for dozens of outlets ranging from NPR and MSNBC to Electronic Gaming Monthly and Paste Magazine. He’s been the Senior Gaming Editor at Ars Technica since 2012. Kyle is the author of Wiley Publishing’s </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-fragment="1">Wii for Dummies</span><i data-mce-fragment="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-fragment="1"> and </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-fragment="1">Farmville for Dummies</span><i data-mce-fragment="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-fragment="1">, as well as two collections of reporting and criticism—</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-fragment="1">The Game Beat </span><i data-mce-fragment="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-fragment="1">and </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-fragment="1">Save Point</span><i data-mce-fragment="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-fragment="1">—both published by Carnegie Mellon’s ETC Press.</span></i></p> <p style="text-align: center;" data-mce-style="text-align: center;">*</p> <p>"Your next book should be Minesweeper by Kyle Orland. All of the Boss Fight Books’ books are fantastic and this one is no different. [...] This is for gamers who remember Windows 3.1 just like I do and for gamers who think Minesweeper is a free-to-play game on the Microsoft Store." - <a title="Review of Minesweeper by Kyle Orland on Dear Gamers" href="https://www.deargamers.net/reviews/minesweeper-by-kyle-orland-boss-fight-books-review" data-mce-href="https://www.deargamers.net/reviews/minesweeper-by-kyle-orland-boss-fight-books-review">Dear Gamers</a></p> <p>"Kyle Orland’s Minesweeper is a great example of how everything we listen to, watch, and play has a story behind it regardless of whether we look into it." - Nerds of a Feather Flock Together</p> <p>Excerpt: <a title="Excerpt of Minesweeper by Kyle Orland in Kotaku" href="https://kotaku.com/microsoft-games-xbox-minesweeper-tetris-bill-gates-book-1850154914" data-mce-href="https://kotaku.com/microsoft-games-xbox-minesweeper-tetris-bill-gates-book-1850154914">Kotaku</a>, <a title="Excerpt of Minesweeper by Kyle Orland in GamesIndustry.biz" href="https://www.gamesindustry.biz/how-do-you-monetize-minesweeper" data-mce-href="https://www.gamesindustry.biz/how-do-you-monetize-minesweeper">GamesIndustry.biz</a><br><br>Interview: <a title="Kyle Orland Minesweeper episode of Retronauts" href="https://retronauts.com/article/2079/retronauts-episode-539-minesweeper-shareware" data-mce-href="https://retronauts.com/article/2079/retronauts-episode-539-minesweeper-shareware">Retronauts</a>, <a title="Kyle Orland Minesweeper episode of Video Game History Foundation podcast" href="https://gamehistory.org/ep-110-minesweeper/" data-mce-href="https://gamehistory.org/ep-110-minesweeper/">Video Game History Foundation</a>, <a title="Kyle Orland on Da Podcast" href="https://soundcloud.com/user-70840107/ep327-kyle-orland" data-mce-href="https://soundcloud.com/user-70840107/ep327-kyle-orland">"Da" Podcast</a>, <a title="Kyle Orland on Codex Podcast" href="https://codexhistoryofvideogames.libsyn.com/episode-262-minesweeper-with-kyle-orland" data-mce-href="https://codexhistoryofvideogames.libsyn.com/episode-262-minesweeper-with-kyle-orland">Codex</a><br><br>More Reviews: <a title="Goodreads page for Minesweeper by Kyle Orland" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/122781364-minesweeper" data-mce-href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/122781364-minesweeper">Goodreads</a></p> </div>  <div class="social"> <div id="social" class="clearfix"> <p class="share-this">Share this item:</p> <div class="google-plus"><g:plusone size="medium" annotation="none"></g:plusone></div> <div class="tweet-btn"> <a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-url="https://bossfightbooks.com/products/minesweeper-by-kyle-orland" data-count="none" data-via="">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> </div> <div class="pinterest"> <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://bossfightbooks.com/products/minesweeper-by-kyle-orland&media=//bossfightbooks.com/cdn/shop/files/BFB_Covers_with_Color_Background_16_large.png?v=1721339467" class="pin-it-button" count-layout="horizontal">Pin It</a> <script type="text/javascript" src="//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js"></script> </div> <div class="facebook-like"><iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https://bossfightbooks.com/products/minesweeper-by-kyle-orland&send=false&layout=button_count&width=120&show_faces=false&action=like&colorscheme=light&font&height=21" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; 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Alongside fellow Windows gaming staple \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSolitaire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMinesweeper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e wound up on more devices than nearly any other video game in history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSweeping through a minefield of explosive storylines, Journalist Kyle Orland reveals how \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMinesweeper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e caused an identity crisis within Microsoft, ensnared a certain Microsoft CEO with its addictive gameplay, dismayed panicky pundits, micromanagers, and legislators around the world, inspired a passionate competitive community that discovered how to break the game, and predicted the rise of casual gaming by nearly two decades. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Minesweeper-Boss-Fight-Books-Book-ebook\/dp\/B0D3B7JCBV\/\" title=\"Minesweeper by Kyle Orland Kindle Page\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/122781364-minesweeper\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKindle Store\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e * \u003ca title=\"Minesweeper by Kyle Orland ebook in the Google Play store\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details?id=92zREAAAQBAJ\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details?id=92zREAAAQBAJ\"\u003eGoogle Play\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyleOrl\" title=\"Kyle Orland Twitter Page\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyleOrl\"\u003eKyle Orland\u003c\/a\u003e got his start writing about video games at the age of 14, when he founded ‘90s fan site Super Mario Bros. HQ on his parents’ AOL web space. Since then he’s somehow put together a career writing and saying millions of aggregate words about games for dozens of outlets ranging from NPR and MSNBC to Electronic Gaming Monthly and Paste Magazine. He’s been the Senior Gaming Editor at Ars Technica since 2012. Kyle is the author of Wiley Publishing’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWii for Dummies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFarmville for Dummies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, as well as two collections of reporting and criticism—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Game Beat \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSave Point\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—both published by Carnegie Mellon’s ETC Press.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Your next book should be Minesweeper by Kyle Orland. All of the Boss Fight Books’ books are fantastic and this one is no different. [...] This is for gamers who remember Windows 3.1 just like I do and for gamers who think Minesweeper is a free-to-play game on the Microsoft Store.\" - \u003ca title=\"Review of Minesweeper by Kyle Orland on Dear Gamers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deargamers.net\/reviews\/minesweeper-by-kyle-orland-boss-fight-books-review\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.deargamers.net\/reviews\/minesweeper-by-kyle-orland-boss-fight-books-review\"\u003eDear Gamers\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Kyle Orland’s Minesweeper is a great example of how everything we listen to, watch, and play has a story behind it regardless of whether we look into it.\" - Nerds of a Feather Flock Together\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcerpt: \u003ca title=\"Excerpt of Minesweeper by Kyle Orland in Kotaku\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/microsoft-games-xbox-minesweeper-tetris-bill-gates-book-1850154914\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/microsoft-games-xbox-minesweeper-tetris-bill-gates-book-1850154914\"\u003eKotaku\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"Excerpt of Minesweeper by Kyle Orland in GamesIndustry.biz\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/how-do-you-monetize-minesweeper\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/how-do-you-monetize-minesweeper\"\u003eGamesIndustry.biz\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInterview: \u003ca title=\"Kyle Orland Minesweeper episode of Retronauts\" href=\"https:\/\/retronauts.com\/article\/2079\/retronauts-episode-539-minesweeper-shareware\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/retronauts.com\/article\/2079\/retronauts-episode-539-minesweeper-shareware\"\u003eRetronauts\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"Kyle Orland Minesweeper episode of Video Game History Foundation podcast\" href=\"https:\/\/gamehistory.org\/ep-110-minesweeper\/\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/gamehistory.org\/ep-110-minesweeper\/\"\u003eVideo Game History Foundation\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"Kyle Orland on Da Podcast\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-70840107\/ep327-kyle-orland\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-70840107\/ep327-kyle-orland\"\u003e\"Da\" Podcast\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"Kyle Orland on Codex Podcast\" href=\"https:\/\/codexhistoryofvideogames.libsyn.com\/episode-262-minesweeper-with-kyle-orland\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/codexhistoryofvideogames.libsyn.com\/episode-262-minesweeper-with-kyle-orland\"\u003eCodex\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore Reviews: \u003ca title=\"Goodreads page for Minesweeper by Kyle Orland\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/122781364-minesweeper\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/122781364-minesweeper\"\u003eGoodreads\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-02-21T05:16:48-08:00","created_at":"2023-02-20T22:18:32-08:00","vendor":"Boss Fight Books","type":"Book","tags":[],"price":795,"price_min":795,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":44538721108138,"title":"Paperback","option1":"Paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"3401","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Minesweeper by Kyle Orland - 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Alongside fellow Windows gaming staple \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSolitaire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMinesweeper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e wound up on more devices than nearly any other video game in history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSweeping through a minefield of explosive storylines, Journalist Kyle Orland reveals how \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMinesweeper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e caused an identity crisis within Microsoft, ensnared a certain Microsoft CEO with its addictive gameplay, dismayed panicky pundits, micromanagers, and legislators around the world, inspired a passionate competitive community that discovered how to break the game, and predicted the rise of casual gaming by nearly two decades. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Minesweeper-Boss-Fight-Books-Book-ebook\/dp\/B0D3B7JCBV\/\" title=\"Minesweeper by Kyle Orland Kindle Page\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/122781364-minesweeper\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKindle Store\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e * \u003ca title=\"Minesweeper by Kyle Orland ebook in the Google Play store\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details?id=92zREAAAQBAJ\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details?id=92zREAAAQBAJ\"\u003eGoogle Play\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyleOrl\" title=\"Kyle Orland Twitter Page\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyleOrl\"\u003eKyle Orland\u003c\/a\u003e got his start writing about video games at the age of 14, when he founded ‘90s fan site Super Mario Bros. HQ on his parents’ AOL web space. Since then he’s somehow put together a career writing and saying millions of aggregate words about games for dozens of outlets ranging from NPR and MSNBC to Electronic Gaming Monthly and Paste Magazine. He’s been the Senior Gaming Editor at Ars Technica since 2012. Kyle is the author of Wiley Publishing’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWii for Dummies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFarmville for Dummies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, as well as two collections of reporting and criticism—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Game Beat \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSave Point\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—both published by Carnegie Mellon’s ETC Press.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Your next book should be Minesweeper by Kyle Orland. All of the Boss Fight Books’ books are fantastic and this one is no different. [...] This is for gamers who remember Windows 3.1 just like I do and for gamers who think Minesweeper is a free-to-play game on the Microsoft Store.\" - \u003ca title=\"Review of Minesweeper by Kyle Orland on Dear Gamers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deargamers.net\/reviews\/minesweeper-by-kyle-orland-boss-fight-books-review\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.deargamers.net\/reviews\/minesweeper-by-kyle-orland-boss-fight-books-review\"\u003eDear Gamers\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Kyle Orland’s Minesweeper is a great example of how everything we listen to, watch, and play has a story behind it regardless of whether we look into it.\" - Nerds of a Feather Flock Together\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcerpt: \u003ca title=\"Excerpt of Minesweeper by Kyle Orland in Kotaku\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/microsoft-games-xbox-minesweeper-tetris-bill-gates-book-1850154914\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/microsoft-games-xbox-minesweeper-tetris-bill-gates-book-1850154914\"\u003eKotaku\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"Excerpt of Minesweeper by Kyle Orland in GamesIndustry.biz\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/how-do-you-monetize-minesweeper\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/how-do-you-monetize-minesweeper\"\u003eGamesIndustry.biz\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInterview: \u003ca title=\"Kyle Orland Minesweeper episode of Retronauts\" href=\"https:\/\/retronauts.com\/article\/2079\/retronauts-episode-539-minesweeper-shareware\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/retronauts.com\/article\/2079\/retronauts-episode-539-minesweeper-shareware\"\u003eRetronauts\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"Kyle Orland Minesweeper episode of Video Game History Foundation podcast\" href=\"https:\/\/gamehistory.org\/ep-110-minesweeper\/\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/gamehistory.org\/ep-110-minesweeper\/\"\u003eVideo Game History Foundation\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"Kyle Orland on Da Podcast\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-70840107\/ep327-kyle-orland\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-70840107\/ep327-kyle-orland\"\u003e\"Da\" Podcast\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"Kyle Orland on Codex Podcast\" href=\"https:\/\/codexhistoryofvideogames.libsyn.com\/episode-262-minesweeper-with-kyle-orland\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/codexhistoryofvideogames.libsyn.com\/episode-262-minesweeper-with-kyle-orland\"\u003eCodex\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore Reviews: \u003ca title=\"Goodreads page for Minesweeper by Kyle Orland\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/122781364-minesweeper\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/122781364-minesweeper\"\u003eGoodreads\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}, onVariantSelected: selectCallback }); 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Alongside fellow Windows gaming staple \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSolitaire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMinesweeper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e wound up on more devices than nearly any other video game in history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSweeping through a minefield of explosive storylines, Journalist Kyle Orland reveals how \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMinesweeper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e caused an identity crisis within Microsoft, ensnared a certain Microsoft CEO with its addictive gameplay, dismayed panicky pundits, micromanagers, and legislators around the world, inspired a passionate competitive community that discovered how to break the game, and predicted the rise of casual gaming by nearly two decades. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Minesweeper-Boss-Fight-Books-Book-ebook\/dp\/B0D3B7JCBV\/\" title=\"Minesweeper by Kyle Orland Kindle Page\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/122781364-minesweeper\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKindle Store\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e * \u003ca title=\"Minesweeper by Kyle Orland ebook in the Google Play store\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details?id=92zREAAAQBAJ\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details?id=92zREAAAQBAJ\"\u003eGoogle Play\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyleOrl\" title=\"Kyle Orland Twitter Page\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyleOrl\"\u003eKyle Orland\u003c\/a\u003e got his start writing about video games at the age of 14, when he founded ‘90s fan site Super Mario Bros. HQ on his parents’ AOL web space. Since then he’s somehow put together a career writing and saying millions of aggregate words about games for dozens of outlets ranging from NPR and MSNBC to Electronic Gaming Monthly and Paste Magazine. He’s been the Senior Gaming Editor at Ars Technica since 2012. 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[...] This is for gamers who remember Windows 3.1 just like I do and for gamers who think Minesweeper is a free-to-play game on the Microsoft Store.\" - \u003ca title=\"Review of Minesweeper by Kyle Orland on Dear Gamers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deargamers.net\/reviews\/minesweeper-by-kyle-orland-boss-fight-books-review\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.deargamers.net\/reviews\/minesweeper-by-kyle-orland-boss-fight-books-review\"\u003eDear Gamers\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Kyle Orland’s Minesweeper is a great example of how everything we listen to, watch, and play has a story behind it regardless of whether we look into it.\" - Nerds of a Feather Flock Together\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcerpt: \u003ca title=\"Excerpt of Minesweeper by Kyle Orland in Kotaku\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/microsoft-games-xbox-minesweeper-tetris-bill-gates-book-1850154914\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/microsoft-games-xbox-minesweeper-tetris-bill-gates-book-1850154914\"\u003eKotaku\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"Excerpt of Minesweeper by Kyle Orland in GamesIndustry.biz\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/how-do-you-monetize-minesweeper\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/how-do-you-monetize-minesweeper\"\u003eGamesIndustry.biz\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInterview: \u003ca title=\"Kyle Orland Minesweeper episode of Retronauts\" href=\"https:\/\/retronauts.com\/article\/2079\/retronauts-episode-539-minesweeper-shareware\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/retronauts.com\/article\/2079\/retronauts-episode-539-minesweeper-shareware\"\u003eRetronauts\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"Kyle Orland Minesweeper episode of Video Game History Foundation podcast\" href=\"https:\/\/gamehistory.org\/ep-110-minesweeper\/\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/gamehistory.org\/ep-110-minesweeper\/\"\u003eVideo Game History Foundation\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"Kyle Orland on Da Podcast\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-70840107\/ep327-kyle-orland\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-70840107\/ep327-kyle-orland\"\u003e\"Da\" Podcast\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"Kyle Orland on Codex Podcast\" href=\"https:\/\/codexhistoryofvideogames.libsyn.com\/episode-262-minesweeper-with-kyle-orland\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/codexhistoryofvideogames.libsyn.com\/episode-262-minesweeper-with-kyle-orland\"\u003eCodex\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore Reviews: \u003ca title=\"Goodreads page for Minesweeper by Kyle Orland\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/122781364-minesweeper\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/122781364-minesweeper\"\u003eGoodreads\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-02-21T05:16:48-08:00","created_at":"2023-02-20T22:18:32-08:00","vendor":"Boss Fight Books","type":"Book","tags":[],"price":795,"price_min":795,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":44538721108138,"title":"Paperback","option1":"Paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"3401","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Minesweeper by Kyle Orland - 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Alongside fellow Windows gaming staple \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSolitaire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMinesweeper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e wound up on more devices than nearly any other video game in history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSweeping through a minefield of explosive storylines, Journalist Kyle Orland reveals how \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMinesweeper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e caused an identity crisis within Microsoft, ensnared a certain Microsoft CEO with its addictive gameplay, dismayed panicky pundits, micromanagers, and legislators around the world, inspired a passionate competitive community that discovered how to break the game, and predicted the rise of casual gaming by nearly two decades. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Minesweeper-Boss-Fight-Books-Book-ebook\/dp\/B0D3B7JCBV\/\" title=\"Minesweeper by Kyle Orland Kindle Page\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/122781364-minesweeper\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKindle Store\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e * \u003ca title=\"Minesweeper by Kyle Orland ebook in the Google Play store\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details?id=92zREAAAQBAJ\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details?id=92zREAAAQBAJ\"\u003eGoogle Play\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyleOrl\" title=\"Kyle Orland Twitter Page\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyleOrl\"\u003eKyle Orland\u003c\/a\u003e got his start writing about video games at the age of 14, when he founded ‘90s fan site Super Mario Bros. HQ on his parents’ AOL web space. Since then he’s somehow put together a career writing and saying millions of aggregate words about games for dozens of outlets ranging from NPR and MSNBC to Electronic Gaming Monthly and Paste Magazine. He’s been the Senior Gaming Editor at Ars Technica since 2012. Kyle is the author of Wiley Publishing’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWii for Dummies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFarmville for Dummies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, as well as two collections of reporting and criticism—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Game Beat \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSave Point\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—both published by Carnegie Mellon’s ETC Press.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Your next book should be Minesweeper by Kyle Orland. All of the Boss Fight Books’ books are fantastic and this one is no different. [...] This is for gamers who remember Windows 3.1 just like I do and for gamers who think Minesweeper is a free-to-play game on the Microsoft Store.\" - \u003ca title=\"Review of Minesweeper by Kyle Orland on Dear Gamers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deargamers.net\/reviews\/minesweeper-by-kyle-orland-boss-fight-books-review\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.deargamers.net\/reviews\/minesweeper-by-kyle-orland-boss-fight-books-review\"\u003eDear Gamers\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Kyle Orland’s Minesweeper is a great example of how everything we listen to, watch, and play has a story behind it regardless of whether we look into it.\" - Nerds of a Feather Flock Together\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcerpt: \u003ca title=\"Excerpt of Minesweeper by Kyle Orland in Kotaku\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/microsoft-games-xbox-minesweeper-tetris-bill-gates-book-1850154914\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/microsoft-games-xbox-minesweeper-tetris-bill-gates-book-1850154914\"\u003eKotaku\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"Excerpt of Minesweeper by Kyle Orland in GamesIndustry.biz\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/how-do-you-monetize-minesweeper\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/how-do-you-monetize-minesweeper\"\u003eGamesIndustry.biz\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInterview: \u003ca title=\"Kyle Orland Minesweeper episode of Retronauts\" href=\"https:\/\/retronauts.com\/article\/2079\/retronauts-episode-539-minesweeper-shareware\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/retronauts.com\/article\/2079\/retronauts-episode-539-minesweeper-shareware\"\u003eRetronauts\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"Kyle Orland Minesweeper episode of Video Game History Foundation podcast\" href=\"https:\/\/gamehistory.org\/ep-110-minesweeper\/\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/gamehistory.org\/ep-110-minesweeper\/\"\u003eVideo Game History Foundation\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"Kyle Orland on Da Podcast\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-70840107\/ep327-kyle-orland\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-70840107\/ep327-kyle-orland\"\u003e\"Da\" Podcast\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"Kyle Orland on Codex Podcast\" href=\"https:\/\/codexhistoryofvideogames.libsyn.com\/episode-262-minesweeper-with-kyle-orland\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/codexhistoryofvideogames.libsyn.com\/episode-262-minesweeper-with-kyle-orland\"\u003eCodex\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore Reviews: \u003ca title=\"Goodreads page for Minesweeper by Kyle Orland\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/122781364-minesweeper\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/122781364-minesweeper\"\u003eGoodreads\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"} } </script> <script async src="https://wholesale.good-apps.co/storage/js/goodpa_wholesale-boss-fight-books.myshopify.com.js?ver=1732462781&shop=boss-fight-books.myshopify.com"></script> </div></body> </html>