![]() ![]() He seems to have few, if any, friends or acquaintances, even insulting children trick-or-treating at his house in the Halloween episode. He's often quoted as saying that he would rather succumb to violent and scatological acts than have to suffer through the game he's reviewing. In almost every review he repeatedly swears to insult games. The Nerd's trademark is his filthy mouth. He often drinks beer (either Rolling Rock or Yuengling), attempting to relieve his frustration and sorrow. To put it lightly, the Nerd has serious anger issues, to the point of even destroying some of the games he reviews. Once he dressed as the " BatNerd" when reviewing various Batman games.ĭuring the RoboCop episode, he is sporting a custom RoboCop inspired costume but with a front-loader NES as the visor and his breast pocket protector. Santa's hat for Christmas, and even dressed up as a vampire for a Halloween episode.ĭuring tough fights, the Nerd equips his NES accessories to kick the asses of anyone or anything in his way. The Nerd also occasionally wears a silver Atari jacket, and may wear items of clothing appropriate for the time of year, e.g. In the episode, Desert Bus, he is seen wearing a pair of blue jeans rather than his usual khakis. In the shirt pocket, he has some pens tucked away to throw at whatever frustrates him. He wears a pair of glasses and dresses in a white dress shirt (sometimes short or long-sleeved). This artifact represents part of a donation from co-founder Doug Carlston, which includes approximately 1,500 electronic games and software products developed, published, and licensed by Broderbund, as well as archival materials such as company newsletters, competitive market research, financial statements, photographs, promotional materials, and awards.The Nerd is a Caucasian male with brown hair and blue eyes. ![]() Additionally, Broderbund produced computer software programs such as the Print Shop, Kid Pix, and Family Tree Maker, as well as an interactive reading series known as Living Books. It also produced Raid on Bungeling Bay, the first video game created by SimCity-designer Will Wright. The company is best known for popular games such as Prince of Persia, Karateka, Myst, Lode Runner, and the educational Carmen Sandiego franchise. The company also licensed certain series overseas, allowing its games to appear on systems such as the British ZX Spectrum and Japanese MSX. The company's name comes from the Afrikaans word "Broederbond," loosely translated as "association of brothers." In order to distance themselves from a South African white supremacist group that shared the same name, the Carlstons altered the spelling and added the Scandinavian letter 퀏�, which also represents the slashed zero found in computer codes.īroderbund's popularity stemmed from its wide range of products, as well as the fact that it released games for nearly every home computer system in America. Their sister, Cathy Carlston, joined the venture a year later. Brothers Doug and Gary Carlston founded the company in 1980, in order to market Doug's strategy game, Galactic Empire. In 1986, it was the 9th-largest United States computer software company, and by 1997, the company had annual revenues of $190 million.īroderbund began as a truly family affair. became one of the leading producers and distributors of home computer video games and electronic software. In the 1980s and 1990s, Broderbund Software, Inc.
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