<s>
Learning	B-Application
with	I-Application
Leeper	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1983	B-Application
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
Learning	B-Device
with	I-Device
FuzzyWOMP	I-Device
(	O
1984	O
)	O
,	O
it	O
teaches	O
colours	O
,	O
numbers	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
alphabet	O
to	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Learning	B-Application
With	I-Application
Leeper	I-Application
is	O
one	O
such	O
game	O
that	O
attempted	O
to	O
appeal	O
to	O
this	O
segment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
played	O
with	O
a	O
joystick	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
four	O
available	O
choices	O
are	O
symbolized	O
by	O
a	O
dog	O
(	O
counting	O
)	O
,	O
balloon	O
(	O
shape	O
matching	O
)	O
,	O
frog	B-Algorithm
(	O
hand-eye	O
coordination	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
overturned	O
paint	O
can	O
(	O
creativity	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Learning	B-Application
with	I-Application
Leeper	I-Application
was	O
well	O
received	O
,	O
gaining	O
the	O
award	O
for	O
"	O
1984	O
Best	O
Educational	O
Video	O
Game/Computer	O
Game	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
5th	O
annual	O
Arkie	O
Awards	O
where	O
judges	O
described	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
painless	O
way	O
for	O
youngsters	O
to	O
learn	O
such	O
tricky	O
concepts	O
as	O
counting	O
and	O
shape	O
recognition	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Personal	O
Computing	O
wrote	O
that	O
children	O
should	O
enjoy	O
the	O
title	O
,	O
while	O
Betsy	O
Staples	O
of	O
Gifted	O
Children	O
Newsletter	O
explained	O
"	O
all	O
in	O
all	O
,	O
we	O
think	O
 [ it ] 	O
is	O
an	O
excellent	O
package	O
"	O
due	O
to	O
being	O
aesthetically	O
pleasing	O
,	O
attention-holding	O
,	O
and	O
educational	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
regard	O
to	O
creating	O
a	O
softkey	B-Application
for	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Hardcore	O
Computist	O
writer	O
Marco	O
Hunter	O
wrote	O
:	O
"	O
The	O
three	O
things	O
you	O
can	O
count	O
on	O
in	O
this	O
life	O
are	O
death	O
,	O
taxes	O
,	O
and	O
Sierra	O
On-line	O
nibble	O
counts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
this	O
in	O
mind	O
,	O
I	O
tackled	O
Learning	B-Application
with	I-Application
Leeper	I-Application
,	O
a	O
recent	O
educational	B-Application
release	O
from	O
Sierra	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
I	O
quickly	O
discovered	O
that	O
,	O
as	O
usual	O
,	O
the	O
disk	O
is	O
normal	O
DOS	B-Operating_System
3.3	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
