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The Story Behind The Addictive Web-Game TypeRacer, A Competitive Mavis Beacon

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2008-05-08 18:35:44 by Patrick Klepek in MTV Multiplayer
...TypeRacer to educational typing tool Mavis Beacon . The creator of the game Alex Epshteyn told me so over e-mail Epshteyn is a 26-year-old programmer who created TypeRacer all on his own ( play it here, if you missed it ). Hes been programming games for years, including a multiplayer strategy game influenced by Master of Orion and a...
 
 
 
 
 
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So What's the Story Behind TypeRacer?

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2008-05-24 18:04:19 by Chris in Gaming Today
...TypeRacer , which is a simple, online multiplayer typing game. It might not sound all that fun or far from those days at school with Mavis Beacon, but if youve tried it, its hard to put down. Patrick Klepek over the MTV Multiplayer blog has also been pretty enamored with the game, enough so that he spoke with the games creator about his...
 
 
 
 
 
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My Reason For Not Working Today: TypeRacer

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2008-04-24 20:33:09 by Patrick Klepek in MTV Multiplayer
...TypeRacer Click the link to see out what I mean, but the concepts simple. Remember the typing teacher program Mavis Beacon ? Many of the exercises involved copying lines of text Thats all you do here, except youre re-typing bits from Pulp Fiction or lyrics from Pink Floyd s Comfortably Numb. And heres the kicker: youre always competing...
 
 
 
 
 
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TypeRacer: QWERTY accelerator

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2008-04-25 10:57:05 by Kieron Gillen in Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Making False Idols For 2008
...TypeRacer before it went totally memeic, but only tried it now. It was only a matter of time though - when he said the magic phrase Typing of the Dead it was inevitable wed get hands on . Its Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing meets Trackmania, a drop-in-drop-out online racing game based around how quick you can hammer out phrases from films and...
 
 
 
 
 
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TypeRacer

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2008-04-29 21:35:57 by lynn in Romperz
...TypeRacer and you can practice your typing skills while competing with others What slows me down is mistakes. You have to fix them before you can go on to the next word. Im not a fast typist as my fingernails get in the way. You can even put in on your My Space page or other social networking site to challenge your friends. Its a fun, fast...
 
 
 
 
 
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TypeRacer: Another Insanely Addictive Web Game

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2008-05-08 03:25:13 by Chris in Gaming Today
...TypeRacer Your goal is simple: to type the quote on screen as quickly as possible while competing against other players doing the same. You see little cars racing across the screen as you progress through the quote. Afterwards, you can see how many words per minute you typed and immediately hop into another game and these are always real...
 
 
 
 
 
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Test Your Typing Prowess With Race Cars

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2008-04-24 11:59:45 by Susan Arendt in Wired: Game|Life
...TypeRacer is here TypeRacer is similar to Typing of the Dead , but instead of killing zombies by pecking out words and phrases, you're fueling a race car by clacking away at song lyrics, movie quotes and lines from classic literature So far, my best score is 101 words per minute, but my average is more like 90. How'd you do TypeRacer
 
 
 
 
 
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The Week in Multiplayer Wii Fit Delivered By A Trainer, Bagels And Hookers in GTA IV, A Look At Game Reviews

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2008-05-10 13:00:18 by Tracey John in MTV Multiplayer
...TypeRacer We learned that while some developers prefer to start on the PS3 , others like Blackrock Studio ( Pure ) like to start on the Xbox 360 Though Myst is one of the top titles in video game history, we learned that many top publishers turned down the DS port Harmonix and MTV Games announced that Wii and PS2 owners can get Rock Band...
 
 
 
 
 
 
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