Benj Edwards | Writer and Historian


Freelance technology writer specializing in computer and video game history.
Notable Features The History of Computer Space (Technologizer) Can You Do Real Work With the 30-Year-Old IBM 5150? (PC World) Video Games Turn Forty (1UP.com) The Birth of the iPod (Macworld) 12 Forgotten Online Games (PCMag) The History of Civilization (Gamasutra) Inside the Atari 1040STf (PC World) Game Boy Oddities (Technologizer) Looking Back at OS X's Origins (Macworld) The Genesis of Success (Ars Technica) Oh Stella! Gaming's First Crush Turns 30 (1UP.com) 30 Years of Handheld Game Systems (PC World)
Notable Interviews
Ralph Baer, inventor of TV video games (Game Developer) Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari (VC&G) Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer, Inc. (Gamasutra) Sid Meier, creator of Civilization and Pirates (Gamasutra) Robert Tinney, BYTE cover artist (VC&G) Bill Harrison, the first video game hardware guru (VC&G) Carol Shaw, the first female video game designer (VC&G)	Stephen P. Morse, designer of the 8086 microprocessor (PC World) Richard Wiggins, Speak & Spell designer (VC&G) Jerry Lawson, black video game pioneer (VC&G) Tim Sweeney, founder and CEO of Epic Games (Gamasutra) Scott Miller, founder of Apogee/3D Realms (Gamasutra) John Linnell of They Might Be Giants (Technologizer)