The Article We Deserve (August 12, 2011)

[Bandit LOAF]

Just in time for our anniversary, G4 is running a three-part history of the Wing Commander series this week! It's one of the best articles I've seen--a serious, professionally researched history with comments from series creator Chris Roberts! Part one is available here and part two is here. The third part, an interview with Chris Roberts, should be posted later today.

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Wing Commander?s revolutionary approach to narrative presentation helped pave the way to the modern video game industry, and its design continues to influence game development to the present day. In order to help us celebrate the legacy of this famed franchise, creator Chris Roberts granted us his first games-related interview in over a decade. G4 is proud to present: The History of Wing Commander.

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Original update published on August 12, 2011

 

[Iceman16]

There was only one mistake that I saw in the article, it called Secret Ops an expansion to Prophecy and called it Special Operations. Pretty good article though!

 

[Dundradal]

The author actually stopped by the party Wednesday to talk to us. He was a pretty cool guy!

 

[NinjaLA]

yeah.. genuinely nice dude! and considering how many errors we find in the average article about wing commander.. he did very, very well.

 

[Dennis Scimeca]

Nice catch. I've submitted the request to G4 to make the change. I wanted this series to be something definitive, for people to look back on later, as there's hardly anything in the games press on line per a history of the series. Little corrections like this will make a difference down the road. Thanks!

 

[Wedge009]

And thank you for writing a well-thought and thorough article.