how is Robert X. Cringely and Accidental Empires related?
Mark Stephens
Accidental Empires
Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date (1992, 1996), is a book written by Mark Stephens under the pen name Robert X. Cringely about the founding of the personal computer industry and the history of Silicon Valley.
 The style of the book is informal, and in the first chapter Cringley claims that he is not a historian but an explainer, and that "historians have a harder job because they can be faulted for what is left out; explainers like me can get away with printing only the juicy parts."
 Notably, the book was critical of Steve Jobs and Apple, as well as Bill Gates and Microsoft.
Robert X. Cringely
Robert X. Cringely is the pen name of both technology journalist Mark Stephens and a string of writers for a column in "InfoWorld", the one-time weekly computer trade newspaper published by IDG.
Inside of Me (film)
Inside of Me is a 2009 short film directed by filmmaker Robert X. Golphin, about a woman who is told that she can't have children.
 She becomes convinced there's something growing within her.
 It's the psychological and physical exploration of how devastating news and mysterious happenings threaten to destroy the relationship and lives of a loving couple. Armageddon Empires
Armageddon Empires is a 4x turn-based strategy video game for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.
 It was released internationally for Microsoft Windows on July 16, 2007, and for Mac OS X on October 9, 2007.
 The title is the first game released by independent game developer Cryptic Comet. Armada 2526
Armada 2526 is a 4X science fiction computer strategy game developed by Ntronium Games, released in North America on November 17, 2009.
 Armada 2526 is an example of the space opera genre, and is the spiritual successor of the game "Armada 2525", which was released by Interstel in 1991.
 Armada 2526 puts players in charge of a fledgling galactic empire, and they must attempt to explore the galaxy and expand their territory, while trying to destroy rival empires.
 The gameplay is a hybrid of turn-based and real-time time-keeping systems, and players can use military, diplomatic, economic and technological means to further their empires.
 The game received mixed reviews from critics. Nerds 2.0.1
Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet - a.k.a. Glory of the Geeks - is a 1998 American PBS television documentary that explores the development of the Arpanet, the Internet, and the World Wide Web in from 1969 to 1998.
 It was created during the dot-com boom of the late 1990s.
 The documentary was hosted and co-written by Robert X. Cringely (Mark Stephens), and is the sequel to the 1996 documentary, "Triumph of the Nerds."
 It was first broadcast as "Glory of the Geeks" in three weekly episodes between September 19 and October 3, 1998 on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom, and as "Nerds 2.0.1" on consecutive days between November 25, 1998 by PBS in the United States. Robert X. Golphin
Robert X. Golphin (born February 2, 1982) is an American actor, writer/director, author, speaker and journalist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
 He is best known for his role as Dunbar Reed in "The Great Debaters." Space Empires IV
Space Empires IV is a turn-based 4X strategy computer game developed by Malfador Machinations and published by Strategy First as part of the "Space Empires" series in which players control an alien race in an attempt at galactic conquest. Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview
Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview is a documentary released to theaters in 2012.
 It consists of the original 70 minute interview that Steve Jobs gave to Robert X. Cringely in 1995 for the PBS documentary, "Triumph of the Nerds." Space Empires V
Space Empires V (SEV) is a 4X turn based strategy game that was released in 2006.
 It was developed by Malfador Machinations and published by Strategy First.
 The game retains many races and technologies from its predecessor, "Space Empires IV" ("SEIV").