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The Wing Commander movie club has watched Crash (1996) and… that's all we have to say about that! In all seriousness, it's a pretty interesting movie. For all of the extreme sex none of it is really prurient… it's all in the service of telling a decidedly unsexy story. I think what we can say about it overall is that we still had people talking about it the morning after the screening and that's a credit!

We talked about Crash's actual connection to Wing Commander in the intro post… but since this is (probably) the only erotic thriller movie club will get it seems like a good (?) idea to catalog Wing Commander's sex scenes. Which is easier done than said, as Wing Commander is largely a pretty chaste IP. In fact, Chris Roberts famously avoided anything of the sort in Wing Commander IV because of the response to the 'kiss Rachel or Flint' mechanic in its predecessor. In spite of this, we have had a few

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This is a reminder that we have another fun #Wingnut movie night planned on Discord this evening! The ongoing theme will be movies that are referenced by Wing Commander in some way. Tonight's film is Back to the Future (1985) and you can find details on why we're watching it in the announcement post here. The movie will start at 7 PM PST/10 PM EST but feel free to drop by and hang any time!

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Though fall isn't quite yet in the rear view mirror, GOG has already jumped right into their big winter sale. For the remainder of the month, the Wing Commander series will be marked down 50%. Get whatever you've been missing - from Armada to Privateer 2 - for just $2.99 each!

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Conflict continues across the 49-system enclave surrounding HIP 87621, with military forces from all major powers showing no signs of a ceasefire after two weeks of heavy fighting.
Ernesto Rios, a freelance war correspondent for Vox Galactica, reported:
"Although the Empire appears to be the dominant force across the enclave after this initial campaign, it's becoming clear that this conflict concerns far more than territorial influence. Radicoida unica has been confirmed by Vista Genomics as a wholly unique species, with early genetic indicators suggesting potential advancements once fully understood."
"Given the scale of the mobilisation across the enclave, it is possible that certain details of its properties are known only to a select few within senior leadership circles."
Military analysts note that the strategic and tactical situation shifts daily. The first week saw aggressive offensives

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The greatest Maniac of our time has been struck down by the foulest deed of our time! Director Quentin Tarantino has come for... Matthew Lillard? While promoting his new Kill Bill-based Fortnight expansion, Tarantino made several outrageous statements calling out specific actors... including, for some reason, Wing Commander's Matthew Lillard. Lillard, himself promoting the new Five Nights at Freddy's movie at a convention, reacted soulfully:

Quentin Tarantino this week said he didn't like me as an actor. Listen, listen, listen. The point is is that it hurts your feelings. It sucks. And he wouldn't say that to Tom Cruise. Quentin wouldn't say he doesn't like Tom Cruise cuz he likes Tom Cruise. He wouldn't say that to somebody who's a topline actor in Hollywood. I'm very popular in this room. I am not very popular in Hollywood. Two totally different microcosms, right? And so, you know, it's it's humbling

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The Digital Antiquarian is back with another article about the history of Chris Roberts' career, this time ostensibly covering the founding of Digital Anvil and the making of the Wing Commander movie.

We've reported on these articles in the past with little commentary. This time, though, I want to stress that these articles are incredibly misleading. They are poorly researched blog entries built around an incredibly inappropriate bias. Their entire gimmick is that they attempt to mimic the form and tone of academic writing without any of the necessary rigor. Anyone familiar with the subjects being discussed (this is not limited to the Wing Commander pieces) pretty quickly recognizes how they work: they cap a generally uninteresting personal review with a lengthy rewrite of someone else's article that takes every opportunity to intentionally twist meanings towards whatever personal narrative the author