Typing games?

[Generic Eric]

I have school aged kids that would benefit from learning to type.  I am not going to present Typing of the Dead to them.  Any modern suggestions?

[lamprey]

Not sure what you are looking for, but I used Mavis Beacon back in the day and it was pretty decent. Not, sure if that fits the "game" moniker though.

[opt2not]

Pokemon Typing Adventure! 
 

[nipsmg]

Typescout.net.  My 7 year old uses it in school and loves it.

[Vigo]

Not sure what you are looking for, but I used Mavis Beacon back in the day and it was pretty decent. Not, sure if that fits the "game" moniker though.

Not gonna lie, Mavis Beacon is kinda hot.

[Generic Eric]

Not sure what you are looking for, but I used Mavis Beacon back in the day and it was pretty decent. Not, sure if that fits the "game" moniker though.

Not gonna lie, Mavis Beacon is kinda hot.

Are you sure that isn't Mavis Jr?  Aged well if she isn't.

[Nephasth]

Mario Teaches Typing. Think I still have the floppies from when I was a kid...

[Nephasth]

And what the he'll kind of keyboard layout is that? Not qwerty... ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---'s all jacked up.

[Vigo]

And what the he'll kind of keyboard layout is that? Not qwerty... ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---'s all jacked up.

Haha, never noticed that. It didn't say she would teach proper typing.

Not sure what you are looking for, but I used Mavis Beacon back in the day and it was pretty decent. Not, sure if that fits the "game" moniker though.

Not gonna lie, Mavis Beacon is kinda hot.

Are you sure that isn't Mavis Jr?  Aged well if she isn't.

Whoever she is, I would be alright if she taught me more than just typing. 

[PL1]

And what the he'll kind of keyboard layout is that? Not qwerty... ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---'s all jacked up.

It's a Dvorak keyboard layout.




Scott

[Louis Tully]

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[Nephasth]

Scott

We need to get you laid, man. Or at the very least, out of the house. Let you run around a bit. Somewhere nice with no wifi or cell service.

 

Good ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---.

[wp34]

And what the he'll kind of keyboard layout is that? Not qwerty... ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---'s all jacked up.

It's a Dvorak keyboard layout.




Scott

We need to get you laid, man. Or at the very least, out of the house. Let you run around a bit. Somewhere nice with no wifi or cell service.

I miss the reputation button...

[PL1]

Just because I remember seeing a cover story in 80 Microcomputing (pg 66) published 25 years ago . . .



. . . OK, LT, point taken . . .     


Scott

[Vigo]

Program would have sold a million copies if it advertised that you could bring Mavis Beacon to your house and let her give you an pleasurable education in Dvorak finger placements and strokes.

I'm just saying that most everyone would have a genuine interest in learning Dvorak, right? 

[yotsuya]

Sorry to interrupt your fapping, but...

Mavis Beacon is a fictional character created for the Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing software.[1]

Developed to be a personification of a Software Toolworks instructional typing program, Mavis Beacon debuted as simply a photo of a model on the software's packaging in 1987. The model chosen to be the face of Mavis was Haitian-born Renee Lesperance who was discovered working behind the perfume counter at Saks 5th Avenue Beverly Hills by one of the software developers, in 1985. Mavis's name comes from a combination of Mavis Staples (one of the software developer's favorite singers) and the word beacon (an allusion to her role as a guide to typing).[1][2]

There have been several models chosen to represent the confident efficiency of Mavis Beacon; her image changes to represent a "modern professional typing instructor."[2][3]

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Beacon_(character)

(I'll admit, I thought she was real myself)

We need to get you laid, man. Or at the very least, out of the house. Let you run around a bit. Somewhere nice with no wifi or cell service.

[Vigo]

Sorry to interrupt your fapping, but...

Mavis Beacon is a fictional character created for the Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing software.[1]

Developed to be a personification of a Software Toolworks instructional typing program, Mavis Beacon debuted as simply a photo of a model on the software's packaging in 1987. The model chosen to be the face of Mavis was Haitian-born Renee Lesperance who was discovered working behind the perfume counter at Saks 5th Avenue Beverly Hills by one of the software developers, in 1985. Mavis's name comes from a combination of Mavis Staples (one of the software developer's favorite singers) and the word beacon (an allusion to her role as a guide to typing).[1][2]

There have been several models chosen to represent the confident efficiency of Mavis Beacon; her image changes to represent a "modern professional typing instructor."[2][3]

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Beacon_(character)

Thanks, Scotsuya   


I looked at some of the other Mavis Beacons. The one I linked earlier still gets my vote for hottest Mavis.

[yotsuya]

Thanks, Scotsuya   


I looked at some of the other Mavis Beacons. The one I linked earlier still gets my vote for hottest Mavis.

[thomas_surles]

I'd like to throw in typing of the dead on dreamcast.

[yotsuya]

I'd like to throw in typing of the dead on dreamcast.

I have school aged kids that would benefit from learning to type.  I am not going to present Typing of the Dead to them. Any modern suggestions?

[Malenko]

you could have also highlighted "modern" in that sentence.

Also, Typing of the dead on PC, is freekin HARD.   My wife can type like 80 WPM and cant beat it on the hardest setting.   I wonder if I could hook up dragon dictate to it......

[thomas_surles]

I'd like to throw in typing of the dead on dreamcast.

I have school aged kids that would benefit from learning to type.  I am not going to present Typing of the Dead to them. Any modern suggestions?

Lol. This is why you don't skim through the comments and post before reading the original post.
But that's the only one I know.

[Malenko]

http://www.freetypinggame.net/play.asp 

[Louis Tully]

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