{"id":250775,"date":"2023-09-28T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=307470"},"modified":"2025-07-01T18:07:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T01:07:11","slug":"the-incredible-story-of-how-david-bowie-didnt-believe-the-game-connects-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-incredible-story-of-how-david-bowie-didnt-believe-the-game-connects-4\/","title":{"rendered":"The incredible story of how David Bowie did NOT create the game ‘Connect 4’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You’re quite familiar with ‘Connect 4,’ that game<\/a> where two opponents face off by dropping pieces trying to form a four-in-a-row, and there have been several mathematical ways discovered to win without regard to what the opponent does. And this, despite there being four trillion (with a ‘t’) possible final positions for the game<\/strong>, which still baffles several game theorists. Not bad for a game created by the singer David Bowie. Wait, what!?<\/p>\n\n\n

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The numbers match: Bowie<\/a> was born in 1947<\/strong>, and ‘Connect 4’ was invented in 1974. Is it possible that a 27-year-old Ziggy Stardust, who hadn’t yet achieved international success, delved into board games? There are quite a few who believe it’s true, and that he’s even listed in the copyright of Milton Bradley’s game. We’ve seen stranger things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reality is much sadder and grayer: the myth that Bowie had created ‘Connect 4’ was manufactured by Stuart Maconie, a British presenter known for his jokes<\/a><\/strong> and trolling in the style of The Onion. The urban legend spread, and in the end, it remained in the collective imagination, as absurd as it may be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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