January 19, 2004

Amongst some of the most basic windows games is Minesweeper. Back in highschool, I used to play this more than regularly and was pretty pleased with my results (4, 18 or 19, and 89 seconds for beginner, intermediate, and advanced). Then I played this recreationally in university just to waste time on nights before midterms and finals. I thought I took Minesweeper far enough...

... but these Minesweepers seems to have brought mouseclicks to a whole new level. The scores (e.g. 1-12-43) seem to show their scores for Beginner-Intermediate-Advanced. What scares me more than their low times is their dedication to the game. Nerds.

What's funny about this site is the amount of strategizing that goes into each game for these players. They even have videos, although I wasn't able to watch them.

The fact that I'm browsing sites now, and no longer playing the game, makes me void of nerdom. Either that or envious.

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