Chop Suey, The Game for Girls

Hairpin pal Amy Rose Spiegel tweeted out this article sometime this weekend and I can’t stop thinking about it — -it’s about Chop Suey, the 1995 video game aimed at girls 7-to-12. It’s got everything — -the vocal talents of a yet-unknown David Sedaris, who’s voice is so high-pitched and goofy that’s it hard to know whether or not to take him seriously, a devotion to X-Ray specs, and three sequential husbands named Bob. I’d never played it as a kid, but I so deeply wish I did — -even now, I was drawn instantly to its casual, colorful aesthetic, done by Monica Lynn Gesue. The game never really took off, and, tragically, the game’s creator Theresa Duncan died in 2007, but it was critically acclaimed, and Duncan released two more games before her death. Anyway, what I’m saying is: want to come over later and paint our nails with glitter and go shopping at Limited Too and play Chop Suey?