Mind Mirror is, without question, the weirdest game that you will play…if one can truly call it a game. It is actually part many things. Designed by the world renowned psychologist of the time, Timothy Leary, Mind Mirror is as much an analytical tool or meditative zen experience as it is a parlor game or party amusement. The application was created by Futique Incorporated, and was published by Electronic Arts, Incorporated. The use of an exceptional publishing company probably helped to make Mind Mirror what it was.
It was made for the computer running the MS-DOS operating system, but it also was ported to the Commodore 64 and the Atari 8 bit. It was a middle eighties release. Mind Mirror can be considered a game, an application, and a party tool. The game creates a digitized display of what the person’s profile will be like. This is a fully licensed title.
Basically, the game plays out as the user fills out a profile based on how he sees himself. He also puts in information for his friends or family based on how he perceives them. The results of the game, can of course, be skewed because it relies on user input instead
of actual brain waves. The emphasis is on actual issues within the person’s life, so there can be a great degree of realism involved in the results of this application if the user is both objective and honest in his input.
One of the most fun ways to use this game, aside from the more serious use for self reflection, is as a party game. Mind Mirror has been found to be extremely fun when a group of people use the tool collectively and learn what each one thinks of the other and how their brain functions compare. The user and his friends are rated according to how they respond to different stimuli. The result is an interesting comparative display.
The nicest thing about Mind Mirror is that any gamer, of whatever age or skill level, will get out of it exactly what he puts in. If he goes in looking for a trippy experience, that is what he will get. If he goes into the game intending to use it as an analytical tool to see what kind of person he really is, that is what he will get. Mind Mirror is what you will make of it, but as stated earlier, it is the most unique and strange game you will likely encounter.
