Wolfenstein 3-D Shoots the First-Person Shooter Into Stardom

May 5th, 1992 a genre as defined. While not the first FPS, Wolfenstein 3D introduced millions to an immersive world in which the action seemed to be happening from the player’s perspective. I can remember going to the computer lab at school during lunch to play the game - an eerie foreshadowing of choosing computers [...]

It’s been 30 years Atari

The monstrosity above is an early prototype of the Atari CX2600 Video Computer System that went into production in October 1977. The $199 system came bundled with Combat, two rubberized joysticks, a pair of paddle controllers and a handy dandy RF modulator to mangle your parents’ TV reception.
The prototype was built by [...]

The System Administrator Song

Current Song: STP - Sex Type Thing

I’d just like to say that July 29th is System Administrator Appreciation Day. I am a sysadmin and I will be expecting presents. In honor of this glorious event, I’ll leave you with the System Administrator Song:

There’s a guy who works in another room, or on another floor,
He’s the one you call, when your document ain’t there no more
he’s probably a boy, but he might be a girl, or something in between
he’s the only one in the office who knows what “PC Load Letter” means

He’s your system administrator
he’s probably into comic books
and you tremble in fear when you have to hear