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- From: tatakamoto@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu (Teri Takamoto)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
- Subject: Re: Educationa games info wanted
- Summary: "Kids & Computers" magazine already exists
- Keywords: Kids & Computers, Computer Gaming World, CGW
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.234607.1@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu>
- Date: 12 Jan 93 07:46:07 GMT
- References: <179540001@stimpy.CND.HP.COM> <179540004@stimpy.CND.HP.COM> <1993Jan7.204004.23475@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
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- Organization: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
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- In article <1993Jan7.204004.23475@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>, elissa@pyuxd.uucp (25231-lerner) writes:
- > I believe the following comment was made in an article posted recently by
- > someone who was actually posting a summary of e-mail responses he had recieved
- > concerning educational software. I don't know who originally wrote the
- > following, but I am interested in receiving the newsletter mentioned.
- >
- >>PC Magazing has an "After Hours" section but it is focused more on
- >>general games than kids' software. I'm not aware of anything which
- >>more directly addresses this market. I'm a writer and father of a
- >>toddler and approached Parents with the idea of a "Kids and Computers"
- >>column and was told they weren't interested. I've decided to try it
- >>as a newsletter and am in the process of putting one together. If you
- >>are interested, drop me a line with a mailing address and I'll send
- >>you a sample when it's ready. I'll need critiques and if you like it,
- >>I hope you'll subscribe. (Also, if you find that such a publication
- >>exists (and I'd have competition) I'd appreciate hearing about it.)
-
- There's already a commercial magazine out by the exact title of "Kids
- & Computers". It's a spinoff from Computer Gaming World. They started
- publishing late last year. I don't have the 800 number for subscriptions
- but it ought to be found pretty readily on newsstands.
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- | Teri Takamoto California State Polytechnic University, Pomona |
- | Senior Computer Operator Computing Resource Center |
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