XOR Corporation (pronounced eks-or)[1] was a video game developer and publisher based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, founded in 1982[1] by Glenn Diamond.
[2] XOR was active until 1990 and primarily released games for DOS and Macintosh, but also released the DOS business applications Blu Chip, a stock portfolio manager,[3]: 119 and Thoth, a database manager,[3]: 125 [3] and the C utility C Tools.
[9] In the wake of NFL Challenge's success, XOR CEO Glenn Diamond approached the CIA in 1985 about an official endorsement and collaboration for an upcoming video game.
[2] In 1985, XOR corporation collaborated with Timothy Leary on an unreleased video game, book, and possible companion album by Devo with the working title The Brain Game.
The game intended to use Leary's brain models to increase the player's intelligence via a symbiotic process of psychological testing and self-reflection.