I’m not much of a gamer, but when I was a kid, I played a lot of computer games.  I really liked text adventure games, but was blown away in 3rd grade when I discovered Dinosaur Safari.  The goal of Dinosaur Safari is to find and photograph as many dinosaurs as possible.  You have to sneak up on them because they might run away before you can take the picture.  Sometimes you have to wait a long time for them to show up at a site.  Five minutes is a long time when you’re 8.

At the time, I thought the game seemed very real – my memories of the game involve sneaking through actual grass.  Looking back, the graphics aren’t so impressive.

I loved playing Dinosaur Safari.  I could hardly wait for school to be over and was pretty heartbroken if I didn’t find a new dinosaur every day.  If I don’t show up to work for the next week, it’s because I downloaded this game.