Steve Block wrote:
The Cunctator wrote:
On 1/4/07, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
The Cunctator wrote:
I would note that "Game Over" comes from American video game culture
It's much older than. It appeared on pinball machines before video games ever existed.
Hmmm... you're going to have to edit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_over then...
Oh for crying out loud, what on earth does a referee's whistle mean at the end of a footie match if not game over? Christ, how many PE teachers around the world have called out come on in boys, game over...
I mean Thackery wrote in Vanity Fayre that "The Game, in her opinion, was over". That's a century before pinball culture. Did Americans invent sex too?