VOGONS


I've been enlightened

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First post, by ChaosFish

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GOD!
I feel so dumb. I've just read "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", and only now I suddenly understand... "Vogons". "Eddie, the Shipboard Computer". "Heart of Gold".

God am I dumb?! Sorry for this silly thread.

Great book btw 😉

Reply 1 of 9, by Jiri

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I´ve suggested somewhere in the forum to put some info about The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy to the Vogons FAQ. You could have been enlightened sooner. 😁

Reply 2 of 9, by Snover

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There is, in the FAQ. 😀

Yes, it’s my fault.

Reply 3 of 9, by Jiri

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Nice. Can be overlooked though. Maybe would be better: "What about the terms like Vogons, Magrathea etc.? Is this some inside joke or something?"
And also (since the logo´s smaller title can be hard to read for somebody) wouldn´t be bad to mention, that Vogons stands also for "very old games on new systems". 😀

Reply 4 of 9, by [vEX]

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Now that you finished those books I suggest you to read Starship Titanic 😁

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Reply 6 of 9, by Snover

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And play the Starship Titanic game...
And watch the TV series...
And DEFINITELY listen to the radio series.

Yes, it’s my fault.

Reply 7 of 9, by [vEX]

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The Starship Titanic game is almost impossible 😜
Been a quite some time since last time I tried it though.

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Reply 8 of 9, by Snover

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Impossible? Eh? It was hardly impossible. Highly illogical, but not impossible.

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Reply 9 of 9, by [vEX]

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Well, it felt impossible back then when I tried it. Might have to go dig the CDs up and try it again then.

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