14th January 2003, 12:09 PM
When you look at a map, Oklahoma sure looks like its in the South... being right next to a whole bunch of Southern states, and all...
As for language, it is sort of true that the way something is spoken can become the rules... but more often, its just a popular but gramatically incorrect thing that, while used a lot, never actually becomes correct grammar. Most of the things mentioned here probably fit in that category. (like "To Boldly Go" in Star Trek... its not correct, but used a lot anyway...)
Adventure in 1978? Not the first version. As that link I posted shows, Adventure first was out in 1972 for the PDP-1 supercomputers... later for other systems, but that was the first version of it. And the first adventure game ever... apropriate that its was called "Adventure" (well, also "Colossal Cave", I believe). :)
As for language, it is sort of true that the way something is spoken can become the rules... but more often, its just a popular but gramatically incorrect thing that, while used a lot, never actually becomes correct grammar. Most of the things mentioned here probably fit in that category. (like "To Boldly Go" in Star Trek... its not correct, but used a lot anyway...)
Adventure in 1978? Not the first version. As that link I posted shows, Adventure first was out in 1972 for the PDP-1 supercomputers... later for other systems, but that was the first version of it. And the first adventure game ever... apropriate that its was called "Adventure" (well, also "Colossal Cave", I believe). :)