Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? screenshot Image: Broderbund Why is Carmen Sandiego? They both admitted that Carmen was hard to catch, but alluring. While Julia became less active and more observant, Chase went from the coolheaded badass to an impulsive and stubborn Javert archetype. Julia and Chase appeared in the Netflix show, with their personalities radically altered. She stole from criminals to donate to charity or restore items to their proper owners. VILE criminals raised her as their new weapon, but Carmen rebelled upon realizing they wanted her to kill innocent people. One canon kept the chemistry but changed the dynamic: Netflix’s 2019 Carmen Sandiego show made Carmen a heroic thief. Both had chemistry with Carmen during their interactions, reminding one of bitter exes. Chase Devineaux in the Word and Math Detective games maintained a dry cynicism, while Julia Argent in the Treasures of Knowledge game saw the good in Carmen. Sure, you should be doing homework, but Carmen Sandiego is on the loose!ĭepending on the game canon, two different ACME agents claimed they had been Carmen’s partner. She even called her past there “embarrassing.”Ĭomputer Lab Week is our ode to the classic “school” games, like Oregon Trail and Number Munchers, that kept us from being productive. Eventually, however, catching crooks became too easy for her as a challenge, Carmen betrayed ACME. The ACME chief, played by the late Lynne Thigpen in various shows and games, explained that Carmen rose through the ranks as a detective. Most canons confirmed she previously had worked for the Agency to Classify and Monitor Evildoers. The greatest thief in ’90s edutainmentĪ brief rundown for those who never chased her: In most of Carmen Sandiego’s CD-ROM games from the ’90s, she was an unapologetic thief. She ended up not doing that, because I didn’t even know the term existed until I was a teenager Alison Bechdel had to provide that awakening with her memoir Fun Home. She stole many things, including my heart, when I grew up and realized that I could no longer play her games.Ĭarmen Sandiego, in hindsight, should have made me realize I was bisexual.
She committed impossible thefts while looking cool and striking terror. You wondered how she did it, how she kept eluding you. A sultry voice interrupted your communications, taunting the detectives nearby. In the dark, you saw long brown hair and a wide-brimmed red hat.
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