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Widget Watch: Minesweeper

minesweeper widgetThere goes all my productivity for the next month. Apple Downloads is featuring a Minesweeper Widget. It's free. It's a replica of the only aspect of Windows I have ever loved.

I knew a guy once who could finish the large minefield in Minesweeper in under 2 minutes on the hardest setting without setting off a bomb nine times out of ten. Ever since I witnessed this near-ninja feat, I have been addicted to this game and the idea of becoming just that good at it. I've already downloaded this widget, but so far I've managed to resist the ever-growing temptation of installing it.

If I disappear for several days, you know what has happened.... 

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There goes all my productivity for the next month. Apple Downloads is featuring a Minesweeper Widget. It's free. It's a replica of the...
 

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Jonathan Horak

Restart seems to have brought me a Minesweeper Dasboard Bar icon. Now that I've seen it though, I'd be happier to find it gone again.

May 13 2005 at 3:45 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Detrusor

Of course they are many cheats in Minesweeper, but there is now a clone of Minesweeper which allows to record videos and also provide proofs of records. This way, most of records displayed on the official best ever ranking are genuine http://www.planet-minesweeper.com/bestever.php If you want to watch the videos linked on that list, you need to download the Minesweeper Clone http://www.geoticies.com/minesweeperclone Btw, my personnal records are 1sec for beg, 13 for int and 54 for exp Bye

May 12 2005 at 3:44 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jack

MINESWEEPER WIDGET DEVELOPER: Anyone from a species that has mastered intergalactic travel raise your hand? APPLE COMMUNITY: I'm sorry. Your game is very nice.

May 11 2005 at 11:27 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Noah Brier

I was a Minesweeper addict. My best time was 119 seconds on expert. Then I found out that a friend of a friend got 81 seconds and I was ruined forever. I could never play with the same level of excitement again. Just thought I'd share.

May 11 2005 at 5:50 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jonathan Horak

Weird... No icon for this widget in the Dashboard Bar?

May 11 2005 at 4:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jonathan Horak

Sweet! My girlfriend will totally dig this — she's a Minesweeper (on Windows) addict.

May 11 2005 at 4:03 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Andrew J Garcia

I'm gonna go with the first poster, Al. My girlfriend has been playing Freecell for the last few years on her PC. Since Freecell produces the same arrangement of cards based on the game #, she decided she wanted to beat them all. While beating them all is pretty much impossible, she has beat several thousand of them in consecutive order. Now if only there was a Freecell widget... she would have no more excuses for not switching. And yes, she loves Freecell that much that she uses it as an excuse for not switching.

May 11 2005 at 3:21 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Michael May

I was very happy until I came to post here - then I realised that 144 seconds for beginner wasn't such a good time. But I just realised playing now what the numbers stand for - I thought before the number was how many squares away the nearest mine was. Needless to say, I didn't used to do too well. I'm still not sure how I didn't work that out previously, when I was playing on windows. See, OS X makes you smarter! QED.

May 11 2005 at 3:11 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
sam

i just downloaded that earlier today. My friends best time on Expert Mode (the biggest one) is 81 seconds. She's a boob that way. Watched her do it. AMAZING...

May 11 2005 at 3:01 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Brian

I love Minesweeper too....but I'm hoping for one to come out that is a little more advanced in looks. a nice gel-like, ready to lick one.

May 11 2005 at 2:55 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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