Recent content by Bandit LOAF

Hah, that's great!

Xeen Music, the mind behind the wonderful Wing Commander II and Academy soundtracks released earlier this year is back with two more exhaustive Origin Systems soundtracks! No Wing Commander this time around but they have put together the definitive scores for two classic Ultimas (Ultimae?): the...

Well, that's the thing about fiction: you can think about it however you want! But you also have to recognize the framework everyone else is following; there's (obviously) never been any intent by anyone involved to have these two stories be related in any way... so it's a little weird to expect...

The blue uniforms were established for Wing Commande II, though Academy is more directly referencing Wing Commander III. A good amount of the creative team from ExoSquad went on to work on Wing Commander Academy but they were hired guns, there’s no narrative connection between the stories.

This is a reminder that we have another fun #Wingnut event happening on Discord this morning! Join us at noon EST/9 AM PST for a fun filled morning of television... that all connect to Wing Commander somehow! This time around we've got two not-so-classic Disney live action films from the mid...

They were built on set in Luxembourg although I believe two of them were later moved to Pinewood for second unit filming!

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 It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and you can find details on why we're watching it in the...

Oh yeah, good call!

Everyone loves Back to the Future! And the Wing Commander movie club is largely a subset of everyone. I was personally not sure how I would feel after it was so over-exposed in mid-2010s geek culture... but you can't help but smile when you're actually watching it. It's so beautifully structured...

Need a great gift for a Wing Commander fan? Wing Commander composer George Oldziey has made a little commercial showing the range of CDs and vinyl records available in his online store. The community has helped George Oldziey fund two Wing Commander orchestral albums and an extremely cool jazz...

It turns out we didn't have to wait very long for CountvonSchnaps next awesome take on a classic Wing Commander ship design! They're back with the F-104 Bearcat fighter from Wing Commander IV, one of the game's most delightful secrets (you can only fly the Bearcat if you complete a particular...

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...

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 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...

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...