The origin of the term is contested, but may be derived from “George Stick”, named for a possible inventor.
I knew the device itself predated gaming, but I always assumed it gained the joystick name from some game company. I’m surprised to to learn its unrelated!
Well, this makes me feel old…
I remember when they were called joysticks, because they were computer versions of the things pilots use.
@ada me too, this made me feel super old as well.
One day are people going to think mice were named after mice?
……what were they named after?
I was just referring to how mice were named after mice not the other way round.