FMA : Full Metal Anorak

Full - compleat, complete, entire
Metal - a hard substance made from certain elements in
the periodic table that have certain common character
Anorak - NOT a piece of headgear, but rather a form of
windbreaker. Distinctly a statement of some sort of "anti-
fashion". You won't ever appear on the cover of GQ in an anorak.

Full Metal Jacket was a Kubrick (I believe) film about
Vietnam. It was a nasty piece - some real ugly scenes.
Full Metal Anorak is just a play on that theme (Anorak being a sort of kit for
UK wargamers...). Apparently dingy shades of greens and browns are common and
unattractive is an undrestatement.

It just all reflects St.^3 Tuffley of Needham's strange and perverse sense of
humor. And of course, there is the little detail that it creates a tag which
can be used to associate all games with a similar mechanic for IP protection
reasons. Not that any of us in the generic gaming community like IP
lawyers.... or at least hope to ever have them professionally involved in our
gaming, though I'm sure they're all nice people personally.;)

> From the two main on-line dictionaries:
anorak n: `windcheater' is a British term
an·o·rak (n-rk) n. A heavy jacket with a hood; a parka.