There's no way to say that pwned originated in gaming. It may have been popularized by gaming, but hackers have been describing things as owned and for a long t

There's no way to say that pwned originated in gaming. It may have been popularized by gaming, but hackers have been describing things as owned and for a long time. The "typo" is regarded as leetspeak and isn't really trashy because it's more descriptive than owned itself.