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Google Chrome and Simon: Separated at birth?

Posted on September 3rd, 2008 by John Yunker

Is it just me or does the new Google Chrome icon remind you of the old Simon game of the 1980s. Yes, I know I’m dating myself here, but I do see a resemblance…

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Written by John Yunker

John is co-founder of Byte Level Research and author of The Web Globalization Report Card.

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5 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Gary // Sep 3, 2008 at 1:47 pm

    Exactly, Simon! That was my first impression.

  • 2 Ultan // Sep 4, 2008 at 3:42 pm

    Good one. I do wonder though about the translation challenges presented by the documentation that comes with it….:)

    http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/buzz/archive...

    Ultan

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  • 4 Jeff // Sep 11, 2008 at 3:03 pm

    John,

    Not out of date at all. We bought Super Simon for our kids last Christmas.

    <img class=”size-full” title=”super_simon” src=”http://www.easykado.com/IMG/796.jpg” alt=”super_simon” width=”200″ height=”200″ />

  • 5 Jeff // Sep 11, 2008 at 3:05 pm

    trying to get the picture to display again, at least giving the link:

    http://www.easykado.com/IMG/796.jpg

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