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Button-Mashing 'Canabalt' Takes You to School With 'Typing Tutor Edition'

by Terrence O'Brien on May 6, 2010 at 06:16 PM

Canabalt Goes Typing Tutor
You might remember that a few months ago we wrote about a phenomenal little time waster called 'Canabalt' that sported the most basic controls we'd seen in a game since 'Dragon's Lair.' The title has you running across roof tops and smashing through windows to escape what appears to be an alien invasion. Your only control? Jump. You can't control your movement forward. You can't slow down. You can only jump. Mistime it, and fall to your death.

The game's creator, Adam 'Atomic' Saltsman, decided that either it was too simple or that he should leverage its addictive qualities for loftier goals than mere button-mashing entertainment. Enter 'Canabalt: Typing Tutor Edition.' Instead of simply hitting space, in the Typing Tutor version, the "jump" key changes positions on the keyboard every time you land on a subsequent building. Finding the appropriate key (which appears as a giant letter in the middle of the screen) is simple enough at first, but, as the game picks up speed, our frustration grows exponentially. Clearly Mavis Beacon's days are numbered. [From: AdamAtomic, via: Boing Boing]

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