I used to read this kid's magazine that printed the BASIC code for a simple game in every issue. The instructions didn't say much more than "enter this in and run it," which somehow led me to think that if I just typed that code--anywhere--the computer would magically understand and do whatever it said. Imagine my disappointment when I tried to get one of the games working and found that neither Word nor the Windows desktop speaks BASIC...
A childhood belief about computer games
others believed things like this
- My cousin thought the BASIC computer command GOTO was prenounced "Got-oo" rather than "Go To"— Richard Davies
- I used to believe that switching the light on and off was morse code to burglarsAnon
- When I was a child I used to believe that when I played video games my real world changed like the game. — J
- I used to pronounce the word "Computer" as "Crocuta"
Anon - My mum's aunt gave her daughter a copy of Jackie magazine. She refused to read it as her name was not Jackie.— Helen
- As a child I used to think that everybody speaks the same language, mine.— Eva