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In article <3l7t2v$n...@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu>, 
darr...@umich.edu says...
>
>It seems that many of the elements in Descent are references to obscure 
>aspects of shows, stories, or songs. I've seen meanings posted for 
Guile, 
>Gabba Gabba Hey, Racerx, and perhaps Mitzi. "BIGRED" refers to the mega 
>missile. And "AHIMSA" refers to a Hindu doctrine of nonviolence against 
>animals.
>Do Twilight and Scourge mean anything (besides being the callsigns of 
>various Parallax and Interplay guys, who shall remain nameless)? And who 
>or what is Farmer Joe? Is he related to the Dirty Cheeseman in any way?
>
>(a slightly facetious post)
>

Speaking of cheat codes... what are the codes for the Plasma and Fusion 
Cannons, and the Smart Missile?  SCOURGE doesn't give you those...
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In article <3l9pb9$7...@news.primenet.com>,
Maelstrom <ma...@primenet.com> wrote:
>In article <3l7t2v$n...@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu>, 
>darr...@umich.edu says...
>>
>>It seems that many of the elements in Descent are references to obscure 
>>aspects of shows, stories, or songs. I've seen meanings posted for 
>Guile, 
>>Gabba Gabba Hey, Racerx, and perhaps Mitzi. "BIGRED" refers to the mega 
>>missile. And "AHIMSA" refers to a Hindu doctrine of nonviolence against 
>>animals.
>>Do Twilight and Scourge mean anything (besides being the callsigns of 
>>various Parallax and Interplay guys, who shall remain nameless)? And who 
>>or what is Farmer Joe? Is he related to the Dirty Cheeseman in any way?
>>(a slightly facetious post)

  I'm tempted to think that 'Twilight' refers to the closing theme song
of one episode of my favorite japanese animation series: Bubblegum Crisis. 
However, that would be too big a coincidence. 

  Let me post a summary of what I think the codes refer to tho:

  Gabbagabbahey - Someone posted this. What was it? From DEVO or some
                  Firesign Theater thing?
  
  Guile 	- This is the name of a character from the Street Fighter
		  2 series of arcade games.
  
  RacerX	- This is the name of a character from the cartoon series
		  "Speed Racer," seen occasionally on MTV.

  Bigred	- The gum? Maybe it refers to the Megamissle?

  Ahimsa	- The Hindu doctrine of nonviolence to your enemies.
		  (Popularized by Gandhi?)

  Bruin		- The IRC nick of the FAQ maintainer for alt.games.descent.

  Buggin	- This is kind of a description of what it does, I think.

Speculation:
 Scourge - Does this seem vaguely X-men to anybody?
 Twilight - Comes from the closing theme of Bubblegum Crisis #4?

Clueless:
 Mitzi - Who is she and what does she have to do with keys?
 Farmerjoe - ??????
 
>Speaking of cheat codes... what are the codes for the Plasma and Fusion 
>Cannons, and the Smart Missile?  SCOURGE doesn't give you those...

 Try 'bigred.' 

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darr...@umich.edu (Darren Pong Lo) writes:

>various Parallax and Interplay guys, who shall remain nameless)? And who 
>or what is Farmer Joe? Is he related to the Dirty Cheeseman in any way?

  Farmer_Joe is the callsign Mike used during developement.  I think he
  chose it because he figured the sheer width of it would crash the callsign
  code.  Evil, mischeveous people sometimes like to break other people's  
  code for fun :)  Maybe there was some other reason, though.

  John Slagel
  Parallax Software