Ultimate" was the name of Boston Low
's handheld organizer (sort of like a futuristic Palm Pilot
, I suppose) in Lucasarts
' somewhat popular computer game The Dig
. It even had a cool little "Lunar Lander" game on it.
The problem was, I played The Dig when I was about 11 years old (or so) and had never heard the real usage of the word. Now, whenever I hear someone say "penultimate" (which isn't really all that often...) I think "Okay, so why are they talking about The D- oh, right. Yeah."