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RE: Spybotics - A great disappointment
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 26 Jul 2002 14:01:13 GMT
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> > Ask them, but don't forget to play with the product and watch some kids
> > playing with it.
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> > Cheers, Ralph
<snip>
> But when it was done, boy was it *fun*. I ran through all the programs for
> one spybot a few times, and basically rearranged my living room to make
> obstacles... For me it was like playing a video game, but it was live and
> in my living room floor.
Thank goodness a grownup (and I use the term loosely) "gets" the
Spybots.
When I watched the kids playing, I got the sense that LEGO had hit the
mark because it gently guides kids to imagining they are the agent. Even
better, they get to imagine that their room is a secret lab somewhere
in South America, or the Arctic....
The programming interface that comes on the CD isn't too bad either. You
have to put yourself in a 9 or 10 year old's shoes and limit the programming
options for that capability.
I'll be posting more on this as I get other info.
Cheers, Ralph
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| In lugnet.robotics, Ralph Hempel writes: <snip> (...) One of the few things that playing with LEGO since my earliest recollection has taught me over the past 35 years is that you really don't ever loose that kid in you--it may get hidden away in (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Spybotics - A great disappointment
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| In lugnet.robotics, Ralph Hempel writes: <snip> (...) So Gigamesh is waiting on my doorstep last night when I get home from work. Took me a bit to install the software (~600 meg full install), then putting the thing together via instructions on my (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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