Proof We Didn’t Hallucinate the Gobbledok

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Feb 27, 2026

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You’ve probably never heard of it and, if you have, you may not even remember, but it existed - The Gobbledok. Hailing from so far back in the past that, like Samurai Pizza Cats and that weird alien guy they added to The Flintstones, I often wondered if I’d imagined it. Fortunately we live in the ‘information’ age and I have achieved vindication through…

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Kris Litson

Kris Litson is a New Zealand-born, Aussie-raised, German-resident nerd that is actually a series of neuroses wearing a human suit. He writes about things that annoy him. Which is a shockingly broad category. Also games sometimes.