The long hours of monkey mothering don't bother the 54-year-old Colombian woman, she said, because she already raised two children.

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"When Monkey Island came out, it didn't do very well, " says Ron Gilbert, Monkey Island co-creator and former LucasArts employee.

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Remember, Super Monkey Ball wasn't built in a day -- it took a bit more than 365 of them before being offered after the launch of the original iPhone.

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So why can't a purpose-built frame or set of monkey bars provide all of this?

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