"Another revolutionary program was Laser Chess. It spawned many imitators, some thriving to this day. I confess I never played it because I was actually too jea

"Another revolutionary program was Laser Chess. It spawned many imitators, some thriving to this day. I confess I never played it because I was actually too jealous, despite a lifelong interest in strategy games. The game was so good, it just hurt too much." Ditto. Wait, maybe I'm supposed to write "this". ?? Agreed 100%. I remember Fred D'ignazio's columns - even as a kid I found them a bit too 'non-technical' (I wanted the geek stuff!), but I do remember that I could show those to teachers who could understand at least some of the magazine. I used to get them confiscated during middle and high school for reading during class, then would occasionally get to talking about it because the teacher would borrow it over the weekend. Turns out he was big in to education, so was probably speaking their language even though I didn't know it at the time.