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Dec
One of my strange passions is finding vintage magazines that comission their own artwork for article headers. And today we've got a good one! This is a review of Wing Commander: The Secret Missions for the SNES from Brazil's Ação Games (issue #46, November 1993). Doesn't your heart lift up just a little seeing those low poly Kilrathi ships and those giant, IP-denied block letters for the title?
Dec
Here's a quick look at something most people don't think about: Wing Commander III's low graphics mode! That's right, if you set everything to low quality (even in SVGA as here) then you end up with a game that looks a lot more like X-Wing than Wing Commander! It's kind of a fun alternative to the textured version and the capital ships in particular look wonderful.
... and here's a quick comparison of Wing Commander Prophecy's three original graphics modes: 3dfx, Direct3D and software. Upgrading to a Voodoo card was certainly worth the money even for a broke high school student in 1997! I know the recent fan-led graphics update is spectacular but I'll always have a candle burning for that original look...
Dec
…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
Dec
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!
Dec
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!
Dec
…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
