tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35424944.post4740534312203012129..comments2023-07-17T04:16:43.649-05:00Comments on Slurpees and Murder: Help a Brother Out!: I Clicked a Square and the Smiley Face Guy Turned His Eyes into Xes Like He's Dead, Does That Mean I Win, Did I Beat the GameJames Hope Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18143628957923923335noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35424944.post-80239129113970312842011-06-05T22:49:32.375-05:002011-06-05T22:49:32.375-05:00Is that how the numbers work! Well, son of a gun....Is <i>that</i> how the numbers work! Well, son of a gun. That makes the whole thing make a bit more sense. <br /><br />That Robert Donner Winnipeg connection <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060327023139/http://metanoodle.com/minesweeper/donner.html" rel="nofollow">appears to be legitimate</a>, if artifacts from the early days of the internet are to be trusted, so <i>that</i>'s neat. Although there's only so much we can do with that claim to fame -- and, thinking it over quickly, "Manitoba Minesweepers" would be only barely better than "Polar Bears" as a prospective NHL team name.James Hope Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18143628957923923335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35424944.post-35147337033502744882011-06-05T13:12:11.377-05:002011-06-05T13:12:11.377-05:00I once heard that Minesweeper was made by Robert D...I once heard that Minesweeper was made by Robert Donner, alum of Winnipeg's St. Paul's High School.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35424944.post-58242431431612905382011-06-05T02:34:16.761-05:002011-06-05T02:34:16.761-05:00A 1 is next to 1 mine. A 2 is next to 2 mines. And...A 1 is next to 1 mine. A 2 is next to 2 mines. And so on.<br /><br />You want to clear squares that don't have mines and flag squares that do. (You can flag them with right-click)Ryannoreply@blogger.com