{"id":91749,"date":"2026-10-10T08:25:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T00:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=91749"},"modified":"2026-10-10T08:25:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T00:25:01","slug":"lets-all-be-happy-this-aaa-minesweeper-game-isnt-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=91749","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s All Be Happy This AAA Minesweeper Game Isn\u2019t Real"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Minesweeper-AAA-parody.jpg?w=300\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Minesweeper has been around for decades and it&#8217;s probably overdue for some modern flourishes. Now there&#8217;s a Triple-A Minesweeper parody that offers a hilarious look at what a Minesweeper update might look like.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Triple-A Minesweeper was created by writer and programmer Mike Lacher, and it&#8217;s fully playable as a browser game on his site. Aside from the intentionally pretentious title cards touting the involvement of Unreal Engine, Nvidia, Bink Video, and Wwise, Triple A Minesweeper looks and plays almost exactly like the regular Minesweeper.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the best way to enjoy this parody is by simply not doing anything at all. The main character, &#8220;Sweeper,&#8221; will sit around and repeat things like, &#8220;I gotta sweep these mines,&#8221; while receiving calls from newly created characters in the game. Lacher seems to have taken his inspiration from Grand Theft Auto 5, Metal Gear Solid, and even Cyberpunk 2077.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the callers are Nora, a potential love interest for Sweeper. Additionally, an underworld figure called The Don repeatedly calls for Sweeper to head down to his club while hinting at the latter&#8217;s sinister past in Singapore. Meanwhile, the chipper DJ Dan celebrates Sweeper&#8217;s efforts on behalf of New Dawn City.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In another amusing touch, Sweeper never acknowledges any of the other characters and keeps repeating the same lines over and over. It is possible to complete the game, which triggers a twist ending that probably wasn&#8217;t that difficult to predict. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Lacher leaves the parody on that note, it would have been even funnier if the game&#8217;s coda mentioned that Triple-A Minesweeper flopped and cost Microsoft hundreds of millions of dollars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft hasn&#8217;t done too much with Minesweeper in the past few years, although it was added to Microsoft Teams as a playable game. The company has also previously created a Minesweeper-themed ugly Christmas sweater. <\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/lets-all-be-happy-this-aaa-minesweeper-game-isnt-real\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minesweeper has been around for decades and it&#8217;s probably overdue for some modern flourishes. 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