I've never played Leisure Suit Larry, but I know the guy who wrote the original program.

I haven't played many video games. But I did learn of the word mugwump (political independent) in a text-based game maybe 25 or 26 years ago. I remember assuming for years that it was a complete fabrication. Had to write our own version of the program on a pdp8.

I learned of the word plover (some kinda bird, maybe a sea bird, if i recall) a few years later from a text based game called adventure that ran on a pdp11/34.

I'm sure there are other words, but I can't recall at the moment.

I strongly encourage my own kids to play video games (as well as other computer games) and don't limit their kind or usage. Let them play Duke Nukem, for example, and introduced them to Rogue Spear. Neither interest ever took off (they're girls), but they're really into The Sims these days.


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