Minesweeper (Boss Fight Books) - Softcover

Orland, Kyle

 
9781940535326: Minesweeper (Boss Fight Books)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1940535328 ISBN 13: 9781940535326
Publisher: Boss Fight LLC, 2023

Synopsis

Sweeping through a minefield of explosive storylines, Journalist Kyle Orland reveals how Minesweeper 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

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About the Author

Kyle Orland 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 Wii for Dummies and Farmville for Dummies, as well as two collections of reporting and criticism--The Game Beat and Save Point--both published by Carnegie Mellon's ETC Press.

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Publisher
Boss Fight LLC
Publication date
2023
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1940535328
ISBN 13 
9781940535326
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
192