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Minesweeper Flash: It's harder than you think

Minesweeper Flash
Look, I've been using Windows computers since the early 90s. So naturally I consider myself to halfway decent at Minesweeper. Not great, but halfway decent. But I have to say, Minesweeper Flash is throwing me for a loop.

This online game is inspired by the simple logic game that you know and love/hate so well. But in addition to changing the background rather dramatically, Minesweeper Flash shows the board at an angle. I wouldn't exactly call this a 3D version of Minesweeper, because the board is still on a single plane (you don't move vertically, just horizontally).

But somehow adding a little tilt to the board makes game play a lot more challenging. Don't believe me? Give it a try. It's a bit like learnign to play the game all over again. You know, for the few minutes until you get the hang of it anyway.

[via Random Good Stuff]

Filed under: Fun, Games, Windows, Microsoft

Play pinball while Windows installs

Play games
while Windows installsToo lazy to make an unattended XP install disc but don't want to stare at nothing but progress bars while it installs? Turns out it's easy to run Pinball, Minesweeper, or Solitaire while the Windows XP setup grinds along. User Boofis on the Whirlpool forums explains: "You just have to wait until the right moment the pinball files are copied. Sometime after where it asks you for the product key and a question or two after that, where it says 'copying files'." Then you can press Shift F10 to get the command prompt, navigate to the appropriate folder, and run your game. Head over to the forum thread for the full instructions.

[Via Digg]

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