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…
Google Chrome and Simon: Separated at birth?
Posted on September 3rd, 2008 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Not out of date at all.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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