Benj Edwards
@benjedwards.com
Senior AI Reporter, Ars Technica. Tech Historian. Bylines Fast Company / The Atlantic / Retronauts. http://www.benjedwards.com Founder http://Vintagecomputing.com
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Benj Edwards
@benjedwards.com
· Nov 8
Vintage Computing and Gaming
VC&G is a blog about computer, video game, and technology history founded in 2005 and run by Benj Edwards.
www.vintagecomputing.com
Someone suggested I start a retro tech blog—I already did in 2005! 😁 www.vintagecomputing.com
560+ more works: www.benjedwards.com/works.php
Culture of Tech podcast: www.thecultureoftech.com
Retro works for HTG: www.howtogeek.com/826448/best-...
MIT Press book: mitpress.mit.edu/978026204506...
560+ more works: www.benjedwards.com/works.php
Culture of Tech podcast: www.thecultureoftech.com
Retro works for HTG: www.howtogeek.com/826448/best-...
MIT Press book: mitpress.mit.edu/978026204506...
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My daughter was eating organic Doritos from a bag (yeah, it's a real thing) and she said, "These taste weird."
I said, "That's because they're made of real Doritos."
I laughed for 5 minutes...my wife was silent. Sigh. Dad jokes.
I said, "That's because they're made of real Doritos."
I laughed for 5 minutes...my wife was silent. Sigh. Dad jokes.
December 7, 2023 at 6:06 PM
My daughter was eating organic Doritos from a bag (yeah, it's a real thing) and she said, "These taste weird."
I said, "That's because they're made of real Doritos."
I laughed for 5 minutes...my wife was silent. Sigh. Dad jokes.
I said, "That's because they're made of real Doritos."
I laughed for 5 minutes...my wife was silent. Sigh. Dad jokes.
A scene from Untitled Duck Game?
November 29, 2025 at 1:46 AM
A scene from Untitled Duck Game?
Seems like a great setup for a Mr. Bean episode 😁
I lived in more than one rented places with a Death Shower. If someone in another part of the building flushed a toilet you'd have about 7 seconds to get the hell out as the water pressure dropped and you'd hear a sound like boiling coming from the unit and scalding hot steam water would spit out.
November 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Seems like a great setup for a Mr. Bean episode 😁
The funny thing about shower faucet handles is they have a 180-270 degree range of motion, but almost universally the difference between scalding and freezing water is only one radial degree away
To hot? *Tap tap* move it a hair to the right. Too cold!
To hot? *Tap tap* move it a hair to the right. Too cold!
November 28, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The funny thing about shower faucet handles is they have a 180-270 degree range of motion, but almost universally the difference between scalding and freezing water is only one radial degree away
To hot? *Tap tap* move it a hair to the right. Too cold!
To hot? *Tap tap* move it a hair to the right. Too cold!
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Dark Souls + Morrowind + The Doom Engine = One Of 2025's Best Shooters
Mohtra Is Dark Souls Meets Doom And Is 2025's Best Retro FPS
Mohrta, not Mothra, is a fantastic fantasy RPG FPS that is available now on Steam
kotaku.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Dark Souls + Morrowind + The Doom Engine = One Of 2025's Best Shooters
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I was thinking about when The Elder Scrolls VI might come out 😂, and I started thinking about deep time -- about how if I could wait a millennium, every game I'd ever possibly want to play would be released. Perhaps every game that will ever be made?
So yeah, don't think about Elder Scrolls VI 😁
So yeah, don't think about Elder Scrolls VI 😁
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I was thinking about when The Elder Scrolls VI might come out 😂, and I started thinking about deep time -- about how if I could wait a millennium, every game I'd ever possibly want to play would be released. Perhaps every game that will ever be made?
So yeah, don't think about Elder Scrolls VI 😁
So yeah, don't think about Elder Scrolls VI 😁
I wonder what the last game ever created will be, and when it will happen. Will they persist like books for thousands of years? If we go extinct and the sun fades out, will living robots make games for each other?
Does play survive the death of humanity, the death of Earth, the death of stars?
Does play survive the death of humanity, the death of Earth, the death of stars?
November 28, 2025 at 6:05 AM
I wonder what the last game ever created will be, and when it will happen. Will they persist like books for thousands of years? If we go extinct and the sun fades out, will living robots make games for each other?
Does play survive the death of humanity, the death of Earth, the death of stars?
Does play survive the death of humanity, the death of Earth, the death of stars?
When is Dwarf Fortress coming to Nintendo Switch? I want to confound my children
November 28, 2025 at 4:34 AM
When is Dwarf Fortress coming to Nintendo Switch? I want to confound my children
Happy Thanksgiving 2025!
May the food in your your early-1990s clip art cornucopia be bountiful on this sacred day of giving thanks, eating
May the food in your your early-1990s clip art cornucopia be bountiful on this sacred day of giving thanks, eating
November 28, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Happy Thanksgiving 2025!
May the food in your your early-1990s clip art cornucopia be bountiful on this sacred day of giving thanks, eating
May the food in your your early-1990s clip art cornucopia be bountiful on this sacred day of giving thanks, eating
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From all of us at Benj Edwards to youand yours, we wish you a safe and bountiful Thanksgiving season
November 29, 2024 at 2:24 AM
From all of us at Benj Edwards to youand yours, we wish you a safe and bountiful Thanksgiving season
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This is a photo of me playing Doom on the Atari Jaguar on Thanksgiving 1994 while listening to Magical Mystery Tour (freakier combo than you'd think)
That year was one of the best gaming years of my life thanks to Doom and Super Metroid. Thanks, John Carmack and @johnromero.bsky.social !
That year was one of the best gaming years of my life thanks to Doom and Super Metroid. Thanks, John Carmack and @johnromero.bsky.social !
November 28, 2024 at 2:14 PM
This is a photo of me playing Doom on the Atari Jaguar on Thanksgiving 1994 while listening to Magical Mystery Tour (freakier combo than you'd think)
That year was one of the best gaming years of my life thanks to Doom and Super Metroid. Thanks, John Carmack and @johnromero.bsky.social !
That year was one of the best gaming years of my life thanks to Doom and Super Metroid. Thanks, John Carmack and @johnromero.bsky.social !
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From all of us at Benj Edwards to all of you and yours, we hope you have a very happy and safe Thanksgiving holiday season
November 23, 2023 at 2:24 PM
From all of us at Benj Edwards to all of you and yours, we hope you have a very happy and safe Thanksgiving holiday season
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For Thanksgiving in 2015, I set up 4-player MULE on the Atari 800 using our family’s 1983 TV set in the corner of my mom’s living room—
These are some hi-res photos I took for more glorious detail!
These are some hi-res photos I took for more glorious detail!
November 28, 2024 at 3:30 PM
For Thanksgiving in 2015, I set up 4-player MULE on the Atari 800 using our family’s 1983 TV set in the corner of my mom’s living room—
These are some hi-res photos I took for more glorious detail!
These are some hi-res photos I took for more glorious detail!
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Thanksgiving commercialization idea: Every November 20, Thimas the Turkey brings orange and brown presents to good kids everywhere. But only if they leave offerings of fresh cranberries in a Thanksgiving boot
November 10, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Thanksgiving commercialization idea: Every November 20, Thimas the Turkey brings orange and brown presents to good kids everywhere. But only if they leave offerings of fresh cranberries in a Thanksgiving boot
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I think we need to radically commercialize Thanksgiving much more—to give it equal footing with Xmas and Halloween. The center must hold!
November 10, 2024 at 2:30 PM
I think we need to radically commercialize Thanksgiving much more—to give it equal footing with Xmas and Halloween. The center must hold!
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If Thanksgiving had a huge genre of music behind it, then Christmas wouldn’t take over so quickly
November 10, 2024 at 2:29 PM
If Thanksgiving had a huge genre of music behind it, then Christmas wouldn’t take over so quickly
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americans or usians or whatever we're calling thanksgiving celebrators today if you haven't already punched your turkey out of the street trash can or whipped it from the brick castle wall do it now or it won't have enough time to air out and lose the trash can/wall smell by dinner
November 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
americans or usians or whatever we're calling thanksgiving celebrators today if you haven't already punched your turkey out of the street trash can or whipped it from the brick castle wall do it now or it won't have enough time to air out and lose the trash can/wall smell by dinner
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brb gonna make a spreadsheet app that won’t hurt my feelings by revealing when my company is losing money
Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
November 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
brb gonna make a spreadsheet app that won’t hurt my feelings by revealing when my company is losing money
The Sony Place Tation
November 27, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The Sony Place Tation
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the only time i ever gave back to my community (cinephile dorks whose parents claim they can't see it but we suspect are messing with us a little)
November 27, 2025 at 1:19 AM
the only time i ever gave back to my community (cinephile dorks whose parents claim they can't see it but we suspect are messing with us a little)
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But the development history of #Barbarians is much longer than that. #msdos is the third platform for which I've released the game. The original version was developed for the once-popular range of pocket computers from #Psion. damian.cyningstan.org.uk/downloads/21... #gamedev
November 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
But the development history of #Barbarians is much longer than that. #msdos is the third platform for which I've released the game. The original version was developed for the once-popular range of pocket computers from #Psion. damian.cyningstan.org.uk/downloads/21... #gamedev
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Indie Game Roundup (November 26, 2025)
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November 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Indie Game Roundup (November 26, 2025)
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