Kyle Orland, author of the new Boss Fight Books’ Minesweeper, joins the show to talk about one of the most prolific 90’s games by the same name. In this episode: the Minesweeper generation, how Bill Gates got addicted to it, the ultimate time waster, it was a mouse tutorial, Microsoft’s internal conflicts, the moral panic around games like Minesweeper, and the clock is ticking.

See more from Kyle Orland:
Twitter: @KyleOrl 
Sr. Gaming Editor, Ars Technica: https://arstechnica.com/author/kyle-orland/ 
Book: https://bossfightbooks.com/products/minesweeper-by-kyle-orland 

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