Very comprehensive history of the "breaking" of minesweeper records. A similar crisis of faith seems to repeat itself across many games. The main table game de

Very comprehensive history of the "breaking" of minesweeper records. A similar crisis of faith seems to repeat itself across many games. The main table game decades ago was 'carom billiards.' No pockets, the target was hitting a target ball indirectly, bouncing off a rail or another ball first. You try to make such shots as many times in a row as possible. One great player realized you could nudge all the balls against the wall and repeatedly gently tap the line of balls to score a near endless series of points. The technique was called nursing, and it basically destroyed that game. There's an amazing skill in pushing the terms of a game to its limits, there's a genius to it. Sadly that's not the skill people are trying to measure at the time, so it makes everyone angry at their records. There should be a separate list of record holders for people who excel at that, people who have broken games.