The 1-Upper: TypeRacer

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The 1-Upper: TypeRacer

POSTED: Wednesday, April 30, 2008, 11:09 PM

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Go, TypeRacer, Go!

Dear secretaries and kids in high school in the 1950s, I am happy to report that the Internet has finally created a game just for you.

TypeRacer takes everything you love about typing and adds cool-looking cars to it. Not since my parents bought me Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing (go Google her! She's still around!) for my old Tandy computer have I been pounding the keys so furiously. In the game, you're given a sentence to type and you compete against up to six other people for the title of ultimate nerd. Your car will progress across the screen a la The Price is Right, so you can see how you're matching up.

I had a few good races in me, topping out at 60+ words a minute, but then I got smoked on a lyric from Pink Floyd's Time when some other person cranked out 148 words per minute. I'm pretty sure I was playing againshttp://criticalmass.blogs.citypaper.net/blogs/mu/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=831t this guy.

Go see how fast you can type here.

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