What was the Great Video Game Crash of 1983?
At BugSplat, we spend our days helping teams stop software and video game crashes. But not every crash is a bug in the code. Some are the kind that take down a whole industry.
In the early 80s, video games were booming in North America. Home consoles had gotten cheap,
What Was the First Video Game?
On a fall day in mid-October 1958, a nuclear physicist named Dr. William "Willy" Higinbotham built something special for the visitors to Brookhaven National Laboratory's annual public exhibition.
In past years, the visitors, mostly local students, had shown up and left without connecting to the
Why NASA's Code Almost Never Crashes
You’re typing away on your computer, minding your own business when your application freezes. There’s that moment of panic, maybe the software’s just be
How often should you clean you keyboard?
For many of us, our computer is the central touchpoint of our working lives. We spend hours each day typing away as we work, bringing back everything we've touched while grabbing a snack, running to the bathroom, working out at lunch, or taking a break with some coworkers.
