LEGO® Bits N’ Bricks

LEGO® Friends: A Conversation

LEGO® Bits N’ Bricks

Show Notes

In this special “conversation” episode of Bits N’ Bricks, journalist Brian Crecente and documentarian Ethan Vincent speak with Elena Catón about her early research for the LEGO Group into the way girls interact with computer software and games, and how that led to the creation of the forgotten 1999 classic computer game LEGO® Friends.

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