Yes, yes, Minesweeper really comes to life on that 22-inch Samsung attached to your otherwise ignominious desktop computer. Thanks to the collaboration of West Virginia University and CSTV.com, you now have a second use that will rationalize the expense and appease the better half until the next time the clerk at Blockbuster shamelessly asks “What’s a VHS?”

If you’re in Cincinnati this weekend for the football game and therefore unable to make it to the two men’s basketball games or, more likely, simply at home and uninspired by the preliminary competition in the Legends Classic — Arkansas-Monticello and Prairie View A&M — then invite the family into the den and fire up the pay-per-view.

* Hot dogs not included.