Don't Buy This

High school (ages 12+)
Making & Design

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/don-t-buy-this

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the target platform?ZX Spectrum
2. What is the release date?April 1, 1985
3. Why did the game say "Don't Buy This" on its box?The creators put "Don't Buy This" on the box to make a joke and to show that the games were intentionally bad. They wanted to surprise and interest people by being the opposite of normal advertising.
4. When was the game released?The game was released on April 1, 1985, for the ZX Spectrum computer.

Anti-marketing: A marketing strategy that uses negative or unconventional tactics to generate interest.
Intellectual Property: Creations of the mind, such as inventions and artistic works, protected by law.
Piracy: The unauthorized copying, distribution, or use of copyrighted material.
Meta-commentary: Commentary about commentary; in this case, a game commenting on the nature of games.