I was mucking around youtube, and found a gem of an old song.

Here is the final refrain (cleverly chosen to make it google-proof):

Peace is a word we teach
A place for us all to reach
Sing as it sings to you
As it sings to me
As I will always need you inside my heart

What song? What game?

Link. Some people remember sounds, not words.

yes - homeworld

I loved that game

toshiro nerd-meter = C-
mr spuck nerd-meter = A

I'm so nerdy I downloaded every single BBC radio episode of The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy the moment I had the chance.

Frood: A really amazingly well together guy. (Who is a frood?)

"Now the world has gone to bed,
Darkness won't engulf my head,
I can see by infrared,
How I hate the night.

Now I lay me down to sleep,
Try to count electric sheep,
Sweet dream wishes you can keep,
How I hate the night."

(This one is too easy, but who is it?)

It seems that Google is stronger than you thought (if you use quotes). And Google is also a spoiler for Surbius' question.

Here is another Homeworld-related one that (hopefully) isn't googlable:

Why most of Homeworld 2 concept art ships have a "15" tag?

"Freeeow!"

Who said that?

Just try and Google it now.

Sun: My guess would be that it's the number of people on the dev team for Homeworld 2, but it could also just be that someone had a favorite number and put that on the concept art ships because they liked it.

Surbius: Google says it is a LIVR guy in chapter 12

Miharu: Nice try but not this is not so trivial :D

Here is a hint (that makes the question googleable if you connect the dots):

The answer is on board of the Kapella.

Yea, quizzing people on lyrics (on the internet, lol) doesn't work... google answers all.

It would be far better to post a really short audio clip (without lyrics).

Also, not every nerd plays homeworld.

I think I can remember that the guy who said "Freeeow!" was called Prak, and he said it on some beach while being massaged by an attractive female member of the jury that presided over the Krikkitians for starting that war... too lazy to use Google.

That said, I refuse to be judged for not knowing Homeworld, which was not ported to any Mac OS.

Edit: Just found an unofficial Mac port... seems they released the sourcecode... but no sound, not everything's in it, and I still need the original windows HW discs, which I do not have. Oh well. I'd have liked to play it, HW2 was nice.

toshiro nerd-meter = E
Homeworld 2 was ported commercially to the Mac. Dude....

Before he kicks you with the tsuka right between the eyes, you might read again his post. HW ~= HW2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLGU4FZuR50

(There is a 15 there too in the concept art....)

Btw, I never played HW2 (I was busy with..um...grad skool). Is it worth playing? Is it better than Hw?

HW2 has much much better graphics and camera fonctions. Opinions about gameplay diverge, some prefer HW because of certain original features like fuel and formation; HW2 gameplay is a bit more mainstream RTS.

In Homeworld, you may remind the Elson character ("This is Captain Elson on destroyer Kapella"). This char is a tribute to the scifi artist Peter Elson who has been a major source of inspiration for HW concept art (unofficial page).

One of Elson's paintings seems so homeworldish as it could have been art for the game:

And that's why the HW concept artist Aaron Kambeitz, who is a big fan of Elson, put a "15" on his ships in the painter's memory.

Thanks for making my point to Fo for me.

Edit: Post fixed :)

What? They did away with formation?! That sucks. How am I suppose to manage the bazillion ships I own?

Image fixed.

There are formations for squadrons and groups of squadrons. However they are less important than in HW. You cannot use them for combat micromanagement like in HW.

For a review of HW2 features, RTSC is best.

I coulda swore he said "HW2 woulda been nice". I blame it on wearing my sunglasses at night.

What were you doing, driving to Chicago?