Comments on: Retro: The Typing Of The Dead http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/09/16/retro-the-typing-of-the-dead/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:15:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: aerozol http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/09/16/retro-the-typing-of-the-dead/#comment-476330 aerozol Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:36:38 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=17856#comment-476330 This is one of my favourite games ever. I'm still hoping Typing of the Dead II gets an English translation, but it may be a bit late for that.. And it does teach good typing, imo, if you want to get anywhere on higher difficulties. The practice levels let you practice with letters you've been missing etc. But purely the fact that this game got kids in japanese arcades dropping money into machines to blow up zombies while... learning how to type, makes it an educational success. Although Mavis Beacon is still scarier. http://preview.tinyurl.com/2cdz32g This is one of my favourite games ever. I’m still hoping Typing of the Dead II gets an English translation, but it may be a bit late for that..
And it does teach good typing, imo, if you want to get anywhere on higher difficulties. The practice levels let you practice with letters you’ve been missing etc. But purely the fact that this game got kids in japanese arcades dropping money into machines to blow up zombies while… learning how to type, makes it an educational success.

Although Mavis Beacon is still scarier.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/2cdz32g

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]]> By: Dominic White http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/09/16/retro-the-typing-of-the-dead/#comment-288652 Dominic White Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:53:19 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=17856#comment-288652 ToTD is a gem. And the sillyness is all intentional. I mean, they even went to the effort of replacing the zombies throwing axes with squeaky toy hammers. I mean, seriously, one of the bosses makes you rattle off rhymes and lymericks, and one of them was: "There once was an Echidna from Vegas, Whose hairstyle was loud and outrageous. When asked by the cops, "why the dreadlocks?" He said the idea was SEGA's" I recall that for you US'ians, it's on Gametap, but otherwise it's almost impossible to get legally, because it went out of print almost immediately after it came out, which REALLY SUCKS. Thankfully, I have an original copy on disc, which I will never, ever part company with. Best typing tutor ever. Sure, it doesn't teach you technique, but it teaches you to type quickly and accurately while a shambling undead horror attempts to chew your face off while asking you to 'Shave His Gerbil'. ToTD is a gem. And the sillyness is all intentional. I mean, they even went to the effort of replacing the zombies throwing axes with squeaky toy hammers.

I mean, seriously, one of the bosses makes you rattle off rhymes and lymericks, and one of them was:
“There once was an Echidna from Vegas,
Whose hairstyle was loud and outrageous.
When asked by the cops, “why the dreadlocks?”
He said the idea was SEGA’s”

I recall that for you US’ians, it’s on Gametap, but otherwise it’s almost impossible to get legally, because it went out of print almost immediately after it came out, which REALLY SUCKS. Thankfully, I have an original copy on disc, which I will never, ever part company with.

Best typing tutor ever. Sure, it doesn’t teach you technique, but it teaches you to type quickly and accurately while a shambling undead horror attempts to chew your face off while asking you to ‘Shave His Gerbil’.

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]]> By: Sucram http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/09/16/retro-the-typing-of-the-dead/#comment-288422 Sucram Sat, 19 Sep 2009 03:43:04 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=17856#comment-288422 I have put this on dozens of machines for people new to computers. Though it doesn't really teach good typing technique (there's a proper training section, but nobody uses it) it does help people get familiar with the keyboard. Also joy of joy, it works on all the 8 year old laptops I'm sent. One nice aspect is the difficulty scales with how fast you type early on. Still I rarely see my students get much beyond chapter 2 since the bosses start asking them obscure questions. Would love a sequel which focused a bit more on actually teaching typing and which penalised mistakes. I have put this on dozens of machines for people new to computers. Though it doesn’t really teach good typing technique (there’s a proper training section, but nobody uses it) it does help people get familiar with the keyboard. Also joy of joy, it works on all the 8 year old laptops I’m sent.

One nice aspect is the difficulty scales with how fast you type early on. Still I rarely see my students get much beyond chapter 2 since the bosses start asking them obscure questions.

Would love a sequel which focused a bit more on actually teaching typing and which penalised mistakes.

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]]> By: Adrian http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/09/16/retro-the-typing-of-the-dead/#comment-286683 Adrian Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:12:57 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=17856#comment-286683 this is genious! i played it all day!!!! this is genious! i played it all day!!!!

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]]> By: NoahApples http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/09/16/retro-the-typing-of-the-dead/#comment-286314 NoahApples Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:33:36 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=17856#comment-286314 YES. That's all there is to say. YES.

That’s all there is to say.

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]]> By: The Apologist http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/09/16/retro-the-typing-of-the-dead/#comment-286230 The Apologist Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:09:23 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=17856#comment-286230 So, your cat looks exactly like mine. E X A C T L Y. And my cat does the tongue thing. To the point where I am going to have you arrested for breaking in to my house So, your cat looks exactly like mine. E X A C T L Y. And my cat does the tongue thing.

To the point where I am going to have you arrested for breaking in to my house

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]]> By: Charles Wheeler http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/09/16/retro-the-typing-of-the-dead/#comment-286190 Charles Wheeler Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:35:17 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=17856#comment-286190 G's Blood! Please be safe, G! G’s Blood!

Please be safe, G!

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]]> By: fuggles http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/09/16/retro-the-typing-of-the-dead/#comment-286054 fuggles Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:50:23 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=17856#comment-286054 Laughed so hard at one hydra - "Things that women have" and one of the answers was "abortions". So very, very wrong. Good reference in House of the Dead Overkill on the wii - "Do you want to suffer like G?" Laughed so hard at one hydra – “Things that women have” and one of the answers was “abortions”. So very, very wrong.

Good reference in House of the Dead Overkill on the wii – “Do you want to suffer like G?”

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]]> By: Muzman http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/09/16/retro-the-typing-of-the-dead/#comment-286016 Muzman Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:19:41 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=17856#comment-286016 There's a knight looking guy brandishing his crotch and requesting that I "touch his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_wattle" rel="nofollow">wattle</a>" Will there be a sequel called Euphemism of the Dead? There’s a knight looking guy brandishing his crotch and requesting that I “touch his wattle”
Will there be a sequel called Euphemism of the Dead?

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]]> By: Davee http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/09/16/retro-the-typing-of-the-dead/#comment-285867 Davee Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:28:08 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=17856#comment-285867 Dang, dosn't seem to work for me either. "Fel: (Error:) Unsuported launguage." Do I have to have a english-languaged windows for it to work? I tried switching to EN down in the taskbar, but it didn't help. But it seems utterly redicilously fun :D And my cat does that sometimes too. Friggin hillarious in the same way :) Dang, dosn’t seem to work for me either. “Fel: (Error:) Unsuported launguage.” Do I have to have a english-languaged windows for it to work? I tried switching to EN down in the taskbar, but it didn’t help. But it seems utterly redicilously fun :D

And my cat does that sometimes too. Friggin hillarious in the same way :)

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]]> By: Miko http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/09/16/retro-the-typing-of-the-dead/#comment-285860 Miko Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:24:42 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=17856#comment-285860 This is one of my all-time favourite games. I actually own a legit copy - I don't remember where I even got it - but the installer is broken or doesn't like anything newer than Win2k, so I had to download a copy to get it to work. Well worth it though. This is one of my all-time favourite games. I actually own a legit copy – I don’t remember where I even got it – but the installer is broken or doesn’t like anything newer than Win2k, so I had to download a copy to get it to work. Well worth it though.

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]]> By: Karry http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/09/16/retro-the-typing-of-the-dead/#comment-285843 Karry Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:09:26 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=17856#comment-285843 I'd appreciate this game more, if it would actually run on my machine, instead of simply dropping me back to the desktop. I’d appreciate this game more, if it would actually run on my machine, instead of simply dropping me back to the desktop.

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