A FWAK — false wisdom and knowledge — is a bogus FAQ, generally written on the subject of a particular video game for the purpose of humor but sometimes also to deliberately mislead (and often both). The name FWAK is a play on the pronunciation of FAQ (fwack versus fack). This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ...

The first use of the term FWAK likely occurred in January 1996 in the Usenet newsgroup alt.games.final-fantasy (AGFF), when a contributor wrote elaborate, complicated, and false instructions for bringing General Leo back to life in Square Co., Ltd.'s computer role-playing game Final Fantasy VI. The concept gained popularity for a time and FWAKs were written for other games such as Final Fantasy VII and Chrono Trigger and posted to AGFF. Although FWAK was the name of a Dweezil Zappa song on the 1991 album Confessions. 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Usenet is a distributed Internet discussion system that evolved from a general purpose UUCP network of the same name. ... A newsgroup is a repository, usually within the Usenet system, for messages posted from many users at different locations. ... General Leo Cristophe is a fictional character in the video game Final Fantasy VI. Spoiler warning: Leo Cristophe is one of the three top generals of Gestahls Empire, the others two being Celes Chère and Kefka Palazzo. ... Square Co. ... Computer role-playing games (CRPGs), often shortened to simply role-playing games (RPGs), are a type of video or computer game that traditionally uses gameplay elements found in paper-and-pencil role-playing games. ... Final Fantasy VI (ファイナルファンタジーVI Fainaru Fantajī VI) is a computer role-playing game developed and published by Square Co. ... Final Fantasy VII is a computer role-playing game released by Square Co. ... Chrono Trigger (クロノ・トリガー) is a role-playing game that was released in Japan on March 11, 1995 for the Super Famicom and in North America on August 22, 1995 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES); it was re-released in 1999 for the Sony PlayStation (PS) in Japan and in... Dweezil Zappa (born September 5, 1969, in Los Angeles) is a heavy metal guitarist. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Confessions is an album by Dweezil Zappa, released in 1991. ...

By popular consensus within AGFF, the term FWAK was decreed to stand for "Furry Widdle Animal Kilts."

Related Topics

• FAQ
• Usenet
• Infrequently Asked Questions (IAQ)

This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Usenet is a distributed Internet discussion system that evolved from a general purpose UUCP network of the same name. ... Infrequently Asked Questions, abbreviated as IAQ, is a variation of video game FAQs, written about games that are made up by the authors. ...

References

• FWAK UseNetWiki's Glossary. Retrieved May 7th, 2005

External Links

• FWAK for Chrono Trigger