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Google Chrome and Simon: Separated at birth?

Posted on 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 Yunker lives in Seattle and works for Microsoft on the Global Product Development Framework team. He is a co-founder of Byte Level Research.

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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    Not out of date at all.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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