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My First Encyclopedia

11th April 2020

My First Encyclopedia was an encyclopaedia in the shape of a tree. And why not? After all, there were hundreds of other virtual encyclopaedias back then, while the world waited for the invention of Wikipedia, the one encyclopaedia to rule them all.

my first encyclopedia - tree 2

You could go under the tree...

my first encyclopedia - underground

...and climb all the way up to the top.

my first encyclopedia - top

It also has some asshole American kids sitting in it. When you click on a kid, you play a shitty minigame.

Geez, these kids are cool. I wish I had been an American kid in the 1990s. One of them even has a fucking parrot on his shoulder and an explorer's hat.

my first encyclopedia - explorer

I didn't play this game much because it kept trying to teach me shit! Do I look like I want to be educated? No, I want to play Batman Cartoon Maker so I can make Batman somersault into Robin's face!

By the way, check out this twat:

I'm not a computer expert, but I do know that's not the correct way to hold a mouse.

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Yes yes yes! I totally remember this game. Do you remember the historic maze game for Windows? You had to answer questions in like a medieval castle.

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Oh yes, I remember. The game was called Mindmaze and was on Microsoft Encarta. I still think about that game. It had a surreal, calm and intellectual ambience. It was a great game.

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