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Have you ever wondered why the original Wing Commander's cheat code is referred to as the "finger of death"? Sure, you use your fingers to activate it… but that's also how pretty much every cheat code that exists works. There's a little bit more to the story than you would expect: the term...

Here's a preview of Wing Commander SNES that we found on eBay, of all places! We snagged it from one of those 'cut up magazines and sell them as posters' accounts and as of this moment we don't know where it was from. The listing claimed it dates to 1992, which makes sense, but we haven't found...

I think every member of the Wing Commander movie club can agree that 1492: Conquest of Paradise was not the most thrilling film in the world. It's not that it wasn't well made but it just… sort of sat there with lavish production values that never seemed to quite live up to the story it was...

I noticed a similar callout in Prophecy last night - when a navpoint is clear, Maestro has "all clear, nap time!" as a comm.

The Wing Commander movie club is home from exploring the new world with sexy Columbus. I wouldn't say anyone loved 1492: Conquest of Paradise but it was certainly a movie you could think about. This week's movie is... not that. We'll be watching RoboCop 3 (1991), arguably the third or fourth...

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 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992) and you can find details on why we're watching it in the...

We had a great time following a universal classic with its weird but incredibly special legacy sequel. 2010: The Year We Make Contact is a fascinating movie and I hope everyone enjoyed listening to me go on about it for two hours. I could probably spend that much time just opining on the unusual...

Are you lucky enough to live in or near Sweden? Then you'll want to mark your calendars: the next edition of the gamed SCORE game music concert is coming to the De Geerhallen concert hall in Norrköping on November 8… and it will include music from Wing Commander! SCORE is an ongoing concert...

Cybot has a friend to introduce us to: Uncle Bilbop. Uncle Bilbop has a large selection of Privateer-styled ship upgrades that are available as OBJ files for you to use in your own work! Cargo Pods DAZ GOF Cabin Passager 01 DAZ PRIVATEER Armor Type 00 DAZ...

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 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984) and you can find details on why we're watching it in the...

I believe that's normal aboard ships, the helmsman stands during their watch to stay as alert as possible.

I don't know Saga so well but there is a Wing Commander Academy, The Last One Left, where Maniac seems to be sleeping through autopilot (though it's presenting him as being in the wrong for it). The Broadsword is patterned after World War II strategic bombers which did indeed fly extremely...

A recent BlueSky post mentioned Wing Commander IV's "chief corkscrew woman," the lady seen piloting the Intrepid throughout the latter half of the game. That got me thinking: what do we know about her, anyway? The character is credited as HELMSPERSON (not helmswoman) and she was played by...

I was leafing through Strike Commander's wonderful manual, Sudden Death, the other afternoon and I noticed something I had never really thought about before: just after Chris Roberts' letter the booklet includes… an extensive bibliography? It was an era when serious flight simulators needed to...

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Truly, the era of new patches to help play the original Wing Commander is upon us! Now Derek Pascarella has created a patch specifically for the FM Towns port of the game. The patch removes the confusing disk selector which originally ran before the game (at the time, it was intended so that...

That's a good question! I've never heard three hours before. The FAA says eight hours for a single pilot and ten for two pilots but I'm not sure how civil aviation would compare to the military. The WC3 manual says the Arrow has life support for up to seven hours, so that's probably a good...

Mac (of Mac's Lore) is back with some more... let's say unusual Wing Commander renderings. They mash up stunning models of Wing Commander spacecraft with characters from "Girls Frontline 2: Exilium". I don't know Girls Frontline 2: Exilium so I'm not in on the whole joke… but those starfighters...

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 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and you can find details on why we're watching it in the...

There's an exchange in End Run where Kevin Tolwyn excitedly claims he has shot down a Drakhri and Bondarevsky points out that it was actually a Sartha. This always felt a little relatable specifically because Wing Commander II's manual had World War II-style 'plane recognition' silhouettes for...