Wing Commander Fans Are Everywhere (May 27, 2006)

[ChrisReid]

Our readers who are also fans of the Discworld series have something in common with that series' author. Apparently Terry Pratchett is a fan of the Wing Commander series. That might not be big news, but he's apparently a big enough fan that the alt.fan.pratchett Newsgroup FAQ makes a special mention of it.

He also used to own an Amstrad, and is a fan of the classic isometric perspective games, Batman and Head Over Heels, as well as being a ZX-81 maniac. He is a declared fan of the Wing Commander series and also is quite fond of the game Doom. Future historians of computer science will probably look upon his extensive collection with awe.
According to dejanews the group which he posts to the 3rd most is alt.games.tombraider so he probably plays that as well.

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Original update published on May 27, 2006

 

[Strigoi]

This isn't a huge surprise, considering that his first Johnny Maxwell book, Only You Can Save Mankind was basically a huge parody on space combat sims. It's a nice quick read, so I woudl reccomend it if anyone is interested.

(Apparently, according to alt.fan.pratchett, his callsign is Flash Bastard, which he has used throughout his Wing Commander career)