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To mark the World War I centenary, The Wall Street Journal selects 100 legacies from World War I that continue to shape our lives today.

WE DID IT! TwitchPlaysPokemon was victorious in just 16 days, 7 hours, 45 minutes and 30 seconds. With only 122 million chat messages. When can we do this again? (Oh, tomorrow, awesome!) On the 16th…

In the first-generation Pokémon games (Red and Blue), players can earn an item called the Helix Fossil in the caves of Mt. Moon. It’s not a particularly important object, and it serves no purpose other than allowing you to capture a rare mollusk-looking monster called an Omanyte. (And Omanyte itself isn’t all that special, either.) However, to the millions of people who flocked to the video game streaming site Twitch over the last several weeks, the Helix Fossil is an object of religious significance. It’s a tribute to the power of anarchy and a symbol of what thousands of people can accomp...

'"It's an adventure game! It's mass market! It's the anti-Doom! We have to crush this game!" "'What is this?! Demons on Mars?! People are playing this?!"...

Many, many months ago, Declan Eardly asked why the character was chosen as the path separator. The answer’s from before my time, but I do remember the original reasons. It all stems from Microsoft’s relationship with IBM.  For DOS 1.0, DOS only supported floppy disks. Many of the DOS utilities (except for command.com) were...