Giant Eyeball Guy

For years I’ve doodled a giant eyeball guy. 

It’s been a thing in our family for years. 


It was only today that I realized that this whole time I’ve been doodling the eyeball from Maze Wars which was the first multiplayer game I ever experienced (by MacroMind… later Macromedia).



Maze Wars has a history that predates the Mac and was originally developed by a bunch of high school students in 1973​.

NASA version of Maze War. 1973.

Photo of Xerox Alto version of the game, featuring the eyeball avatar of another player
The Xerox Alto Version of Maze Wars.

I wonder if knowing where the eyeball came from will change my relationship to it. It’s hard to say, but I kind of think that after all these years, he probably needs a new playground.

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