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Dead and Buried Genres at Large
Death (quite appropriately) noted that GameCenter is running a feature on the five Dead and Buried genres of computer gaming. The piece features above average writing with characteristic pessimism on the part of GameCenter, but it nevertheless is a good read. Although don't even bother reading the small "Can it be saved?" boxes at the bottom of each section, they're no more slanted towards saving the genres than the rest of the text. But the main feature does bring up some good points about repetition and complexity in the "doomed" franchises, and what they don't suggest is that wider acceptance of the points they bring up may in themselves bring about a bit of a change. Sci-Fi Combat Sims are one of the dying categories listed and the Wing Commander and X-Wing series get the nod for being innovative and appropriately melding gameplay with story. You can find the space sim section here, but if you're hardy enough, I recommend reading the whole thing beginning here.
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Must've Been A Fan
Caught an auction on eBay last night for some photographs of Freddie Prinze Jr. I don't know who buys those kinds of things, but it's not the first time similar photos have been listed. The title for the auction was something to the effect of "Freddie Prinze - Wing Commander." That's nothing special. They made promo pictures for Wing Commander and people have sold them online before. But these shots were just candids. Nothing WC in them at all. The seller must've been a fan, because even I know there are better keywords to put in your FPJ auction than Wing Commander.. (you've got to aim for that teen girl audience more). You can see for yourself here.
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Black Lance HQ Fully Operational
By now any last issues that may have remained with BlackLance.org should be worked out. The files they mirror for us should not have been affected over the past week, but now their main site should be fully accessible too.
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Trivia Reminder
Week 86 isn't composed of toughies like Week 85, but all the answers are available somewhere within the CIC. Today's pretty much your last day to get your answers together, so don't delay.Question 171: What is a Nephilim fighter craft that has just one gun?
Question 172: What is a Nephilim fighter craft that has a default maximum velocity of less than 400 kps?
Bonus 86: What is the most destructive non-torp/mine missile the Nephilim employ? Please email submissions here. You can find more information here.
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