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<div>Hi. Sorry to interrupt you. On this website we use cookies and other related technologies to make the games work (keeping scores, statistics etc), to save your preferences, to gather analytics to help us understand how our users use our website in aggregate, and by our advertising partners (Google and others) to personalize the ads you are shown while playing, based on data they have about you from other sites you've visited. We are required to notify you about this and get your consent to store cookies in your browser.</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>play minesweeper</div><div></div><div>DOWNLOAD: https://t.co/MW5s0RJunD </div><div></div><div></div><div>Minesweeper has been around forever. According to Wikipedia the game originated in the 1960's, and has been included with many operating systems throughout the years. The main reason it became popular though is that it was included with the Windows operating system in all versions from 3.1 to Windows 7. This version I've created is very inspired by the version that shipped with Windows 95 - Windows XP. I hope you enjoy the game, I've had a lot of fun creating it and playing Minesweeper for the first time in years :)</div><div></div><div></div><div>Minesweeper is a logic puzzle that consists of a board of squares. Initially, every square is covered, and the player does not know what is hidden beneath the cover. In the initial move, the player has to click anywhere on the board. This will uncover the square that the player clicked, as well as some of the surrounding squares. Some of the squares will have numbers in them. A number indicates how many mines are in the surrounding squares. The goal is to use these numbers to infer where the mines are. If you figure out the location of a mine, you can then flag it by clicking on it with the right mouse button. As you flag mines, you will also deduce that some squares cannot contain mines. You can safely uncover them using the left mouse button.</div><div></div><div></div><div>Minesweeper very quickly won the hearts of many players around the world, and is now on any list of the most played games of all time. Rumor has it that even Bill Gates himself once loved to play Minesweeper!</div><div></div><div></div><div>This wikiHow teaches you how to play Minesweeper on a Windows computer. Although Minesweeper no longer comes pre-installed on Windows computers, you can download the remastered version from the Windows 10 Store for free.</div><div></div><div></div><div>There was one famous trick in Minesweeper, although it is long gone by now. Back in the Windows XP days, if players pressed the keys 'xyzzy' and then the left shift key, a pixel would pop up in the top left-hand corner of the monitor and stay there. When players hovered over a safe square, it would appear white. On the other hand, when players hovered over a square with a mine underneath it, the pixel would turn black.</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Aryeh: This site pretty much holds the entire community together. But If this site were to die, I think that the community would be able to reassemble itself elsewhere. One example of this was back around the time when I was most active, around 2005-2006, there was a site called Planet-Minesweeper.com, and that was actually where the world ranking was held for a time, and there was a really active forum there. But then it was hacked by people from Algeria, or Albania, or something, and it died. And then the official world rankings were moved back to minesweeper.info.</div><div></div><div></div><div>Aryeh: So this website is pretty much where everyone interacts. There have been other sites that existed in the past, but this is the website that has been maintained. The site minesweeper.info was originally at metanoodle.com/minesweeper, and it was created by a Canadian guy named Damien Moore.</div><div></div><div></div><div>I stumbled upon this blog while looking to see if there was a competitive scene for minesweeper and was pleasantly surprised to see a post from 2011 still at the top of bing. All in all great interview and love seeing how in depth it goes</div><div></div><div></div><div>Each game offers a different play experience, with Solitaire focused on head-to-head competition and Minesweeper leaning heavily into the cooperation element of gameplay where users have to work together to solve problems. IceBreakers is designed to encourage conversations among co-workers as a variation on this or that, prompting players to choose between two options such as yes or no questions. And Wordament focuses on creating team competition through a word challenge that can easily accommodate large groups.</div><div></div><div></div><div>Unredacted documents submitted and made publicly available to view as part of the ongoing Microsoft vs. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) trial just led to what may be the biggest leak in video game history.</div><div></div><div>A flood of files have revealed deep secrets about Xbox's upcoming plans for the bulk of the decade, giving us unprecedented insight into what's on the horizon for the gaming giant. That includes information on upcoming hardware refreshes, next-gen consoles, and unannounced Bethesda titles, as well as a further peek into Microsoft's acquisition ambitions. It's a lot to trudge through, so we've rounded up five key revelations that you'll want to know.</div><div></div><div>A new Xbox Series X model is coming next year</div><div></div><div> </div><div></div><div>The most shocking thing to leak as part of the trial is a new Xbox Series X model. Referred to as "Brooklin -- Xbox Series X Refresh" in the leaked documents, this is a diskless, cylindrical version of the Xbox Series X with 2TB of internal storage, a USB-C port, and smaller technical improvements to the system's Wi-Fi, PSU, standby mode, and more. An upgraded Xbox Series S code-named Ellewood may also be in the works and released before Brooklin.</div><div></div><div>If Microsoft still follows the plan laid out in this "Roadmap to 2030" document created in May 2022, it would release Brooklin in late October 2024 for $500. If Microsoft still plans to release Brooklin next year, it does contradict recent statements from Xbox chief Phil Spencer, who acted bearish on the idea of a mid-gen refresh in Gamescom interviews. It's possible Microsoft's plans have changed since these leaked documents were made, but if not, we now know what to expect in terms of Microsoft's console refreshes.</div><div></div><div>A new Xbox controller is in the works</div><div></div><div> </div><div></div><div>Throughout that Brooklin leak, a new version of the Xbox Series X controller is also teased. The Xbox Series X controller is great, but lacks the unique features of controllers like the DualSense or Joy-Cons, so it makes sense Microsoft would want to change that. Referred to as "Sebile -- The New Xbox Controller," this controller can seamlessly pair and connect to the cloud.</div><div></div><div>It also will feature haptic feedback, an accelerometer gyro, quieter buttons, modular thumbsticks, a rechargeable and swappable battery, and the ability to wake just by being picked up. The same road map that lists Brooklin and Ellewood's release windows says the Sebile controller will launch sometime in late May 2024 for $70.</div><div></div><div>First details on Microsoft's next-gen console leak</div><div></div><div> </div><div></div><div>It's hard to believe we're almost already three years into this console generation and that Microsoft is planning for its next major console release, but that is the case. Unfortunately for Microsoft, its current technical ambitions for the platform were included in this leak. A leaked document states that Microsoft's ultimate goal is to "develop a next-generation hybrid game platform capable of leveraging the combined power of the client and cloud to deliver deeper immersion and entirely new classes of game experiences." </div><div></div><div>In practice, a list of technical improvements lays out that we can expect an ARM64 CPU that balances big and little cores, a GPU co-designed with AMD, and an NPU that balances "the desire for flexible, programmable ML silicon versus high-performance silicon for targeted workloads," as well as support for better ray tracing, global illumination, micropolygon rendering, and an ML-based Super Resolution. Microsoft also mentions a "thin OS" meant for cheaper consumer and handled devices, likely to play games via the cloud.</div><div></div><div>This next-gen console is currently slated for a 2028 launch.</div><div></div><div>Several upcoming Bethesda games leak</div><div></div><div></div><div>Enough about hardware -- several upcoming Bethesda games also leaked. A document from 2020 outlining Bethesda's game road map through fiscal year 2024 includes some games we don't know about. Alongside games we know of like MachineGames' Indiana Jones project, the list also includes several code-named projects, remasters of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Fallout 3, a GhostWire: Tokyo sequel, Doom Year Zero, and Dishonored 3.</div><div></div><div>Another document also confirmed that The Elder Scrolls VI won't launch until at least 2026. Some of these games have missed the release windows listed in the documents, so it's very possible that these dates are no longer accurate and that some may not be released at all. Still, it lays out a clear picture of what was in development at Bethesda just a few years ago and provides insight into the lineup that enticed Microsoft to purchase Bethesda in the first place. </div><div></div><div>Microsoft considered acquiring Nintendo and Warner Bros. Interactive</div><div></div><div> </div><div></div><div>A leaked email from 2020 gives some insight into Spencer's acquisition ambitions at that point. Namely, it sounds like he'd love to acquire Nintendo as it would be a "career moment" for him.</div><div></div><div>"I totally agree that Nintendo is THE prime asset for us in gaming, and today gaming is a most likely path to consumer relevance," he wrote. "I've had numerous conversations with the LT of Nintendo about tighter collaboration and feel like if any U.S. company would have a chance with Nintendo, we are probably in the best position ... At some point, getting Nintendo would be a career moment and I honestly believe a good move for both companies."</div><div></div><div>Ultimately, Spencer didn't want to do a hostile takeover of Nintendo, so he settled for playing the "long game" when it came to acquiring it. This same email also reveals that Microsoft was interested in acquiring Warner Bros. Interactive around the same time as Bethesda, although the lack of any WB IP ownership was its undoing, Spencer is also as intrigued about acquiring Valve as it was Nintendo.</div><div></div><div>It's worth noting that this email is from over three years ago, and these acquisition ambitions might have been quelled following changing economic conditions and the rocky and expensive process of acquiring Activision Blizzard.</div><div></div><div> df19127ead</div>
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