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After Dark: Bad Dog

May 14, 2026

He's really not that bad.

Didn’t want the dog-lovers to feel left out. The bad dog likes to get into all sorts of trouble and just make a mess of your desktop. I really enjoyed watching this little fella back in the day. Berkely Systems made an updated version of this module in After Dark 4.0, but I decided to go with the classic.

There is a discipline slider on the module that controls how often the dog will be scolded. Don't worry. Nothing really bad happens to him. His unseen owner simply says "Bad Dog" causing him to blush with embarrassment or sulk and leave the screen, for a moment or two. But he comes back right away to cause more trouble. I ususually set this slider to the most lax setting as I would rather spend more time seeing what the little guy gets up to.

He'll tear holes in the desktop and mess with wires underneith (or grab microchips), knock over folders, pee behind the trash can, dig holes, and do other things that I'm probably forgetting right now. Of course all the "damage" he does is immediately undone once you wake up the computer.

Fun fact, this screensaver module actually inspired a cartoon. It had a 40-episode run!