April 9th, 2007 by Benj Edwards
The popularity of plastic surgery, finally explained.
[ From Personal Computing magazine, December, 1983. ]
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April 9th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
So now we know why Michael Jackson is so messed up…
April 9th, 2007 at 7:51 pm
He obviously played Facemaker.
April 10th, 2007 at 1:30 am
At last! Something to get kids interested in games!
April 10th, 2007 at 5:37 pm
So, the roots of lame “educational” computer games were planted long ago.
April 10th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
Oh yes, my friend. They were there pretty much since the beginning.
April 11th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
Actually, as a kid, I LOVED the Spinnaker games. They were high quality stuff; Delta Drawing was a near complete implementation of LOGO, fer cryin’ out loud. I didn’t care that I was learning anything or not, it was simply fun.
I miss those bath-book plastic boxes of theirs. I checked Wikipedia for some info but there’s very little, other than a rundown of Search For The Most Amazing Thing.
April 11th, 2007 at 10:25 pm
I heard the Spinnaker adventure games based on classic books were actually pretty good…
April 14th, 2007 at 3:09 am
Oh, without a doubt, there were excellent educational games back then (and now). People like just talking trash. Spinnaker knew what they were doing.
April 14th, 2007 at 10:19 am
Spinnaker games were great. I just couldn’t resist poking fun at this particular title.