Big Brother 2.0

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Macintosh only.

Description

Big Brother is a cute little toy you can download in only a couple of minutes. It fills the screen with tiled pictures of a face; as you move the cursor around, the images of the face all track the mouse. All you have to do is move the mouse around the screen. The faster and farther you move it, the more fun you'll have.

After Big Brother came Little Brother (naturally). Little Brother puts up a single frame on the screen. It watches the mouse the same way, but the effect is less interesting. The upside is that you can have a Little Brother in a little corner of the screen all day, while you are doing other things.

Perhaps most interesting of all, you can create your own images and patterns and insert them to make your own big or little brother! This is simple to do with the included utility BrotherMaker.

User Comments & Fan Mail

If you're not sold yet, I've a assembled a gallery of some of my favorite comments about this toy. I've received over 100 comments from all over the globe, all very friendly and positive.

User Submissions

You can use the BrotherMaker application (included with Big Brother) to insert your own faces, designs, or whatever. I'd love to see some of your work!

History

I'm working on a complete history of Big Brother. The latest version, in addition to fixing some bugs, includes Little Brother for the first time.

About the Author

John Briggs is a high school student in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey. He edits his school newspaper, the Smoke Signal, and gets a rush from 70+ hour work weeks.