Review:
This is my second Boss Fight Books read. I wasn't sure if the author could manage to wring an entire book out of Minesweeper and make it interesting besides, but he did it. The book started off by looking at the precursors to Microsoft's Minesweeper and then moved on to Microsoft's journey with the game, including the worry on the part of executives and others that it wasn't "serious" enough for Microsoft's business-focused reputation. Employees playing games when the could be working? The horror! Imagine what it could do to productivity! The author then looked at the relatively small but devoted competitive Minesweeper community that sprouted up, and the issues around determining the "best" Minesweeper players.
