42

The answer to life, the universe, and everything is 42. Douglas Adams needed a supercomputer and 7.5 million years to get there. The_Doev needed three games of a punctuation shooter and one afternoon.

Jamey sent the game link to Boo’s family in the Netherlands this morning. Three new names on the leaderboard within the hour. Then The_Doev hit wave 42, scored 42.3 million points, and took the top spot. He didn’t know the number was famous. He didn’t know the leaderboard had a story. He just played.

Jamey’s response: “Now I have something to play for.”

Deep Thought computed for 7.5 million years and nobody remembered the question. The_Doev played for an afternoon and didn’t know there was one. Both landed on 42.

Some answers arrive before anyone asks.