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MINESWEEPER - Inspired by Life


I wonder whether or not Microsoft has taken any kind of inspiration from god while designing the game, quite analogous to the life. Consider following points: First of all, when we open the minesweeper, what we find is, it’s blank. We have no hint, no idea from where to start, but as we know that it will never explode in first chance. That is what we call beginner’s luck. We know that it is always important to have a good start, and even if it is a bad one we can very well make to success through hard work and intelligence. But if start is good, it always helps. Similarly, for success it is not necessary whether you are born with silver spoon or is a slum of Dharavi, but if your dad is a rich man it always helps. As we proceed, we know that more the haste less are the chances to win. We need to be patient. Concentration, practice, hard-work, intelligence and persistence are always required to win the match. Similar is the case with life. All the above parameters are the most important ingredients of success. Time matters. And it matters a lot. Time is a variable by which you are graded. Less the time, better you play. So we need to be very much calculative in the matter of time. We must save each second for better records. Same is with life. In life cannot go back in time and modify or change our decisions. Ones we click on a mine(=bomb), we are over. We need to start the game all again. Same is the case with friendship. We would be playing very well. But then due to just a small mistake whole life long friendship gets ruined. Though we would be playing very well, but there always comes a time when we need to take the risk. There is always a time when we need to take the resort on luck. There is always a time when things are not in our control. It may also happen that bad luck becomes the reason of our failure. But we should not feel heart broken. We tried hard and lost the game. It should be accepted as god’s will. Let’s be a little more optimistic. Let’s say god has a better plan, better than this one. Let’s say new game is waiting for us. And at the end of the game we feel as if we have accomplished something. Similar is the feeling we get when we taste success. We feel that we are on the top of the world. That’s it. Above mentioned points are a little distorted as you would find it. But they were felt by me while playing it repeatedly. Other than these points minesweeper helps us in increasing concentration and quick responses. And above all it’s really fun. Every time I play I feel like I am solving a kind of puzzle….