Benj Edwards | Journalist, Tech Historian

Benj Edwards
Journalist, Tech Historian

Who I Am

The AI and Machine Learning Reporter for Ars Technica

A tech journalist for publications such as The Atlantic,
PCWorld, Macworld, PCMag, How-To Geek, and FastCompany

A widely-cited video game historian and tech historian in areas
of early video game history, minority and female tech pioneers,
Atari, BBSes, and digitial preservation

Editor-in-Chief of Vintage Computing and Gaming since 2005

Contributor to the Retronauts podcast and creator of
The Culture of Tech podcast

Notable Freelance Features

The Story of the World's First Computer Art (The Atlantic)
The Invention Of The Game Cartridge (FastCompany)
Where Online Services Go When They Die (The Atlantic)
The History of Computer Space (Technologizer)
The Birth of the iPod (Macworld)
Video Games Turn Forty (1UP.com)
Why History Needs Software Piracy (Technologizer)
12 Forgotten Online Games (PCMag)
The Genesis of Success (Ars Technica)
Inside the Atari 800 (PC World)
Game Boy Oddities (Technologizer)

Notable Interviews

Ralph Baer, inventor of TV video games (Game Developer)
Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari (VC&G)
Steve Wozniak, co-founder, Apple, Inc. (Gamasutra)
Sid Meier, creator of Civilization and Pirates (Gamasutra)
Bill Harrison, the first video game hardware guru (VC&G)
Carol Shaw, the first female video game designer (VC&G)

Trip Hawkins, founder of Electronic Arts (Edge)
Jerry Lawson, black video game pioneer (VC&G)
Tim Sweeney, founder/CEO, Epic Games (Gamasutra)
Scott Miller, founder of Apogee/3D Realms (Gamasutra)
Stephen P. Morse, 8086 CPU designer (PC World)
John Linnell of They Might Be Giants (Technologizer)