# New Computing Technology Reaches Game Machines First by John Markoff > “Technology once trickled down from supercomputers to PCs. Now new computing technology comes to game machines first.” > **— John Markoff**, *2004 Edge Annual Question, response passage* ## Sources and Context - **Direct publication and locator:** [Markoff's Law of Inversion — John Markoff](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/10231) — 2004 Annual Question response, the full representative extract. - **Exact original excerpt:** “Technology once trickled down from supercomputers to PCs. Now new computing technology comes to game machines first.” - **Context and editing:** This is Markoff’s 2004 observation; the poster keeps both the earlier and then-current comparison. The poster is the complete archived sentence or passage. - **Local Edge archive:** [[research/Edge 2004 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2004 Full Quotation Curation]], response EDGE2004-144. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Edge|Edge]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/Information Persistence in Complex Systems|Information Persistence in Complex Systems]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Greatest Transformation in Human History|The Greatest Transformation in Human History]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Technology|Technology]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Technology|Technology]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Technology once trickled down from supercomputers to PCs. Now new computing technology comes to game machines first.” — John Markoff, 2004 Edge Annual Question, response passage https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-john-markoff-new-computing-technology-reaches-game-machines ```