Mike Ritland

So I could fire the tank while he steered it around, right? I thought that was pretty cool, and it kind of stuck with me, right? Like, you just modify stuff, like, hack at stuff. So very simple, but, you know, that was the first video game, first hardware hack, right, that I was kind of exposed to. And, yeah, spent lots of time on, like, Nintendo, Super Nintendo. Then I got into Quake.

So I could fire the tank while he steered it around, right? I thought that was pretty cool, and it kind of stuck with me, right? Like, you just modify stuff, like, hack at stuff. So very simple, but, you know, that was the first video game, first hardware hack, right, that I was kind of exposed to. And, yeah, spent lots of time on, like, Nintendo, Super Nintendo. Then I got into Quake.

Quake was extremely impactful for me. That's where I went from... you know, consoles to the computer in the house that we had. You know, I used it for like encyclopedia, like you could chat with people online. Cool, but it's more just a tool, right? Then Quake. You got to start learning things back when Quake came out. It was late 90s, right?

Quake was extremely impactful for me. That's where I went from... you know, consoles to the computer in the house that we had. You know, I used it for like encyclopedia, like you could chat with people online. Cool, but it's more just a tool, right? Then Quake. You got to start learning things back when Quake came out. It was late 90s, right?

Quake was extremely impactful for me. That's where I went from... you know, consoles to the computer in the house that we had. You know, I used it for like encyclopedia, like you could chat with people online. Cool, but it's more just a tool, right? Then Quake. You got to start learning things back when Quake came out. It was late 90s, right?

you gotta learn like how dial-up work how to connect to other people so you could do multiplayer like that wasn't just like a button or two so you gotta learn stuff and even running quake it's like oh you you just don't launch it you know reboot the computer in dos mode and stuff like that and so you're learning how a computer works but that also kind of that's where we get into hacking as well that's that's kind of like the inflection point of a lot of things also you know nine-ish nails was built into the game they did all the sound effects and

you gotta learn like how dial-up work how to connect to other people so you could do multiplayer like that wasn't just like a button or two so you gotta learn stuff and even running quake it's like oh you you just don't launch it you know reboot the computer in dos mode and stuff like that and so you're learning how a computer works but that also kind of that's where we get into hacking as well that's that's kind of like the inflection point of a lot of things also you know nine-ish nails was built into the game they did all the sound effects and

you gotta learn like how dial-up work how to connect to other people so you could do multiplayer like that wasn't just like a button or two so you gotta learn stuff and even running quake it's like oh you you just don't launch it you know reboot the computer in dos mode and stuff like that and so you're learning how a computer works but that also kind of that's where we get into hacking as well that's that's kind of like the inflection point of a lot of things also you know nine-ish nails was built into the game they did all the sound effects and

uh you can see the nine inch nails logo on the the crates of nails as well if you look in there um but yeah that was also kind of uh impactful for me with their stylistic stuff and the art damn so you started the hacking stuff at like how old were you we were the same age that was that was high school atari was high school no atari oh god i don't i don't even know when that was uh

uh you can see the nine inch nails logo on the the crates of nails as well if you look in there um but yeah that was also kind of uh impactful for me with their stylistic stuff and the art damn so you started the hacking stuff at like how old were you we were the same age that was that was high school atari was high school no atari oh god i don't i don't even know when that was uh

uh you can see the nine inch nails logo on the the crates of nails as well if you look in there um but yeah that was also kind of uh impactful for me with their stylistic stuff and the art damn so you started the hacking stuff at like how old were you we were the same age that was that was high school atari was high school no atari oh god i don't i don't even know when that was uh

Yeah, I mean, just really... It was like five or six? Yeah, I don't even know. Damn. It was the 80s. But yeah, Quake was high school.

Yeah, I mean, just really... It was like five or six? Yeah, I don't even know. Damn. It was the 80s. But yeah, Quake was high school.

Yeah, I mean, just really... It was like five or six? Yeah, I don't even know. Damn. It was the 80s. But yeah, Quake was high school.

Yeah, I mean, it's all connected in some way. I was into cars as well. Part of it was just like... making the car continue to run, but also, you know, like, let's add sound systems to the cars and learn how that works, which is, you know, electronics in some way. Also got into water cooling the computer to overclock it, but that required learning, like... Water cooling. Yeah. So...

Yeah, I mean, it's all connected in some way. I was into cars as well. Part of it was just like... making the car continue to run, but also, you know, like, let's add sound systems to the cars and learn how that works, which is, you know, electronics in some way. Also got into water cooling the computer to overclock it, but that required learning, like... Water cooling. Yeah. So...

Yeah, I mean, it's all connected in some way. I was into cars as well. Part of it was just like... making the car continue to run, but also, you know, like, let's add sound systems to the cars and learn how that works, which is, you know, electronics in some way. Also got into water cooling the computer to overclock it, but that required learning, like... Water cooling. Yeah. So...

These days, you can just buy a kit and install it, right? But most computers are air-cooled. You've got a little fan in there blowing out the heat, right? If you overclock a computer, you can get a lot more power out of it, especially back in the 90s, early 2000s. But it would dump a lot of heat, lots more heat, and air cooling couldn't keep up with that.

These days, you can just buy a kit and install it, right? But most computers are air-cooled. You've got a little fan in there blowing out the heat, right? If you overclock a computer, you can get a lot more power out of it, especially back in the 90s, early 2000s. But it would dump a lot of heat, lots more heat, and air cooling couldn't keep up with that.

These days, you can just buy a kit and install it, right? But most computers are air-cooled. You've got a little fan in there blowing out the heat, right? If you overclock a computer, you can get a lot more power out of it, especially back in the 90s, early 2000s. But it would dump a lot of heat, lots more heat, and air cooling couldn't keep up with that.