VTECH SOCRATES
merritt k Jul 14, 2022. 2 minute read
Throwback Thursday: The VTech Socrates Creeped Me Out
I’ve written about the VTech Socrates before, in a piece on game consoles with fun names. In that piece, I mentioned that the educational console scared me, but didn’t say much beyond that. Here, then, is the history of this weird little console, as well as the details of my…
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merritt k Aug 31, 2020. 3 minute read
The Top 10 Game Console Names That Feel Good in My Mouth
There are many ways to evaluate the quality of a video game console. One could consider its technical specifications, its game library, its physical design, and so on. But there is only one criterion that truly matters: how much pleasure it brings to speak its name. Move over Super Nintendo,…
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