Norns, bug-eyed creatures of Internet, finally make way to U.S.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | August 1, 1997| | Copyright

Computerdom's most sophisticated artificial life form is the Norn, a cute bug-eyed virtual pet with floppy ears and a Mickey Mouse-like falsetto voice, currently being bred and nurtured and traded, via the World Wide Web and e-mail by 150,000 users in Europe and Australia.

The Norn's home is a CD-ROM called "Creatures," developed by CyberLife Technology Ltd. of Cambridge, England. The outfit that was supposed to release the CD-ROM in North America last December never got its act together and eventually went belly up.

Unable to exchange or download prize specimens without the CD-ROM, American ...

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