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  1. KrisV

    Here Be Space Monsters (June 3, 2016)

    The Wing Commander movie opens with a long shot of a meticulously designed universe map. While digging through some old VHS tapes, LOAF came across some test footage of the map while it was still a work in progress. In this early version, there is a placeholder "whirpool monster" (sic) space...
  2. KrisV

    Getting Emotional About Wing 3 (May 28, 2016)

    The retro blog Emotional Multimedia Ride has followed up on their WC1 and WC2 piece with a long look at Wing Commander 3 for PC. Like the one before it, this article touches all the bases with an overview of the main cast, the quality of the graphics and video, reflections on the gameplay...
  3. KrisV

    From The Set of Wing Commander 4 (May 27, 2016)

    The DosGamesBlog YouTube channel has posted a compilation video of behind the scenes footage from Wing Commander 4. The video doesn't specify a source for their material, but we know that a 1996 issue of CD-Rom magazine MultiMedia World Live! contained seven brief videos in which interviews with...
  4. KrisV

    LOAF Interviewed in Major Print Publication (May 20, 2016)

    The May issue of German PC gaming magazine GameStar contains a big Wing Commander retrospective, including an interview with Star Citizen community manager and CIC founder Ben Lesnick. Brian Chambers of Star Citizen's Frankfurt branch shared a teaser on Twitter. Pick up a copy if you can...
  5. KrisV

    Huge Prophecy Spread in Old Korean Mag (April 22, 2016)

    AD has come across a Korean blog that posts scans from old domestic gaming magazines. One post showcases a massive 18-page spread on Wing Commander: Prophecy from around April 1998. At first glance it appears to be a brief game guide or walkthrough, but the article concludes with a rating of...
  6. KrisV

    John Rhys-Davies Behind the Scenes of SQ42 (March 11, 2016)

    Last year, PC Gamer and GameStar magazines sat down with Mark Hamill and John Rhys-Davies on the motion capture set of Squadron 42, the single/co-op multiplayer campaign for Star Citizen. In those videos, the actors recalled their time working on Wing Commander, and they reflected on the...
  7. KrisV

    Origin Game Designer Rob Irving Interviewed (March 9, 2016)

    Matt Chat has been conducting a series of interviews with Rob Irving of Descendent Studios. In part 3 they discuss Wing Commander 3, simulation games, full motion video and 3DO game development. Rob Irving has a long history in videogame development, having served as game designer, developer...
  8. KrisV

    Origin Games That Weren't: Silverheart (March 6, 2016)

    In 1995, while he was finishing Wing Commander IV, Chris Roberts had another live-action video game in pre-production at Origin. Silverheart was to be a third person action-adventure game in a post-apocalyptic/medieval setting. It never materialized, but a tie-in novel outlined by English...
  9. KrisV

    A Different Grease Monkey (March 5, 2016)

    Tim Eldred, character designer and storyboard artist on Academy TV, is also the creator of the Grease Monkey graphic novel and director of the Avengers Assemble animated series. The comic book's website has an extensive article on the history of Grease Monkey, detailing how he landed his first...
  10. KrisV

    Wing Commander: A Bad Lip Reading (March 4, 2016)

    YouTube playthrough channel Fuzzball Gaming have posted a bad lip reading of Wing Commander I, based on a classic Monty Python skit. -- Original update published on March 4, 2016
  11. KrisV

    The $6 Million Dollar Game Arrives on 3DO (January 29, 2016)

    Flashback Nation, a Twitter account dedicated to all things retro, recently put up this scanned cover page of the Winter '94 issue of 3DO Magazine UK. Wing Commander 3 is featured prominently on the cover, and the issue included a review of the "$6 Million Dollar Game." The coverdisk (which...
  12. KrisV

    Shot Like a Movie -- On Film, Not Video (January 19, 2016)

    The Documents Archive is where we try to keep track of the various development and promotional materials that we cover in our daily news updates. We've already rounded up a good selection of classic advertisement materials, but from time to time something new shows up. Late last year, gaming hub...
  13. KrisV

    Wing Commander on SyFy UK This Wednesday (December 19, 2015)

    While there is now a myriad of digital delivery options available worldwide, it's always nice to see the Wing Commander movie show up on linear broadcast, especially in places where it did not get a proper theatrical release. SyFy UK will be airing it on Wednesday 23rd at 5 pm, just six weeks...
  14. KrisV

    Twelve Days of Bengal Turrets (December 4, 2015)

    The Bengal in Academy has quite a variety of ship defenses. LOAF has made a list of every turret or weapon emplacement, along with screencaps and the episode in which it first appeared. 4x Dual Mount Forward Turrets Two mounted forward of each of the carrier's 'wing tips.'...
  15. KrisV

    1990s Chris Roberts Talks Wing Commander, Star Citizen (November 27, 2015)

    YouTuber RetroMantic has dug up an old interview with Chris Roberts from 1996, sometime between the releases of Wing Commander IV and the Darkening. He talks briefly about getting into game development and his first commercial projects before moving on to Wing Commander and Privateer. The...
  16. KrisV

    DMCA To Get Exemptions For Preservationists (November 6, 2015)

    Wired has a report on some new exemptions that will be added to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. If you own game that needs to talk to a defunct authentication server in order for (offline) single player to function, you will be allowed to circumvent that mechanism. In addition, libraries...
  17. KrisV

    Wing Commander Card Game - Is there a digital version?

    Two for the backs, the Blair promo, the Tolwyn promo, and three more Blair promo cards that are signed.
  18. KrisV

    Wing Commander Card Game - Is there a digital version?

    I guess not. The RSS feeds might make it easier to grab the full images: http://ccg.jetlag.us/index.php/rss/feed/gallery/album/7
  19. KrisV

    Wing Commander Card Game - Is there a digital version?

    Oh right, Jetlag's high quality scans are much nicer than our scans. I don't think we have those on our server, but I'll have a look.
  20. KrisV

    Wing Commander Card Game - Is there a digital version?

    I can just make you a zip or something.
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