[comp.sys.amiga] Leary and Commodore Software

jet@karazm.math.uh.edu ("J. Eric Townsend") (01/04/91)

Around here (somewhere) I have "Mind Mirror" for the C64, which is based
on Leary's graduate psychology work (right before he got into
pharmapsychological fun).  It's a blast to play -- in one part you plot how
you think you are vs how you want to be.  Then you do some "role playing"
to see how close you can act to how you think you want to be.  (As
a high schooler, you go to William S. Burroughs High School... :-)

Also have Neuromancer (bought it *twice*, once for C64, once for Amiga).
The C64 version has an 8bit sample of Devo's "Some Things Never Change",
which is the theme music for the entire game.  Leary provided backing
for the game, which includes some references to him.

Glad to see that he's still into the "Boot up, Jack in, Turn on" theory
of psychology and computing.  (I might have misquoted him, but he's
rephrased his "turn on, tune in, drop out" slogan.)

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