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  1. Bandit LOAF

    Identification of Confed's Bar Food (March 27, 2024)

    It's time once again for... SNACKS OF THE TERRAN CONFEDERATION! The famed TCS Victory's rec room always has popcorn on the tables... The Grey Ghost, TCS Lexington, has little bowls of peanuts all around the lounge. ... and finally the megacarrier Midway has a megasnack: big cheeze...
  2. Bandit LOAF

    LOAF's Incredible New Multidisciplinary Wing Commander Thread!

    For a few years I've been sharing random Wing Commander deep dives on Twitter. There's nothing I love more than taking some specific question or subject that maybe no one cares about and then looking at it as thoroughly as I can… and Twitter has always fit like a glove for that because it lets...
  3. Bandit LOAF

    Make Mine a Double (March 24, 2024)

    Oh, did your version of Wing Commander III not have a mission where you escort two minelayers? -- Original update published on March 24, 2024
  4. Bandit LOAF

    Wing Commander 3 Ports Side-By-Side (March 22, 2024)

    I'm comparing the UI in different Wing Commander III ports! Here's the callsign selection screen on the PC, 3DO, PlayStation and Macintosh. "Maverick" is my entry except on the PSX version which plugs in BLAIR automagically! Here's the Victory's main menu on the PC, 3DO and PSX. The...
  5. Bandit LOAF

    Get the Heck Out of Dodger (March 21, 2024)

    AD reminded me that Blair's callsign is DODGER in Kevin Droney's first draft script for the Wing Commander movie. I... don't hate it? The scene where they all explain their callsigns is fun, too: -- Original update published on March 21, 2024
  6. Bandit LOAF

    Learning About the Bray Twins’ Real Life Counterparts (March 18, 2024)

    Thanks for the background, friends. Of course, I was curious for Wing Commander-related reasons. Specifically, I was fascinated to see the names of the Kray twins because... of Privateer 2's Bray twins: Reggie Bray is the guy who is selling Uncle Kashumai's religious artifact. For that...
  7. Bandit LOAF

    The Nephilim Manta: From Concept to Execution (March 14, 2024)

    Aligned Peoples’ Manta-class heavy fighter. Initial concept by Mark Vearrier, finished concept sketch by Syd Mead... Initial mesh blockout and then Alias "cinematic" model renders... Final in-game assets for both the standard fighter and the deadly "red Manta" bomber variant...
  8. Bandit LOAF

    Learning More About the Privateer 2 Factions (March 7, 2024)

    Thinking about the Privateer 2 pirate factions today. Do their VDU images match the lore? I think so! Chirichan - cyborgs Jincilla - hackers & small time criminals Kiowan - new age hippies Papogod - mutants The official guide has two that aren’t in the final game, too: an evil Crow T...
  9. Bandit LOAF

    Wing Commander at 25 (March 12, 2024)

    The somewhat amorphous length of a generation is, give or take, about twenty-five years. This means that as of today, the Wing Commander movie is a generation old… and, it follows, so are those of us that once eagerly anticipated its coming. I've written extensively about whether or not it was...
  10. Bandit LOAF

    Examining the Colors of Academy Pilots and Their Ships (March 11, 2024)

    I have watched Wing Commander Academy hundreds of times but I somehow never noticed that the pilot helmets are color coded. They nominally match the Scimitars: blue for Maverick, red for Maniac, purple for Archer, etc. It looks like they're forgotten or wrong a LOT... just like the ship...
  11. Bandit LOAF

    A Closer Look at the Original 12 Cadets of Wing Commander Academy (March 10, 2024)

    The Wing Commander Academy press kit says that there were twelve cadets transferred to the Tiger's Claw. Can you name them all? Alright, let's see if we can find them! We're looking for the original twelve cadets transferred to the Tiger's Claw's command school. So Victoria/Viking here and...
  12. Bandit LOAF

    Learn About WC2 Demo Differences in the WCPedia (March 5, 2024)

    I added a WCpedia page for the Wing Commander II Demo with all kinds of neat history: -- Original update published on March 5, 2024
  13. Bandit LOAF

    New WC Ship Silhouette Discovered in Hebrew WC2 Translation (March 4, 2024)

    Super cool news: Christian Klein discovered a piece of Wing Commander ship art previously unrecorded by history! Check out this cool silhouette art from the cover of the Hebrew translation of the Wing Commander II manual! It's done in the same style as the "World War II" silhouettes in the...
  14. Bandit LOAF

    All of Privateer 2's Booth Ship Images Organized (March 3, 2024)

    Tonight’s little project: a spreadsheet of all the ship graphics that appear in Privateer 2’s booth and which palette they use! Find the full link here (second tab). -- Original update published on March 3, 2024
  15. Bandit LOAF

    1999's Hottest Double Feature Combo (March 1, 2024)

    Fresh off the boat from Australia! I love weird compilations so much. -- Original update published on March 1, 2024
  16. Bandit LOAF

    Fighter/Bomber In-Service Dates Visualized (February 29, 2024)

    Here's a quick graphic showing the known service dates for Confed fighters from the games (2654 and after); as you can see, it's largely not a case of designs replacing each other between WC1-3! -- Original update published on February 29, 2024
  17. Bandit LOAF

    Quick Recognition for the Lovely Art Style of Secrets of the WCU (February 27, 2024)

    Shout out to the wonderful fan ship illustrations in Secrets of the Wing Commander Universe! They're credited to Elizabeth Creegan. -- Original update published on February 27, 2024
  18. Bandit LOAF

    Learn About Privateer's Background Vehicles (February 24, 2024)

    Now let's take a look at some of the background vehicles that did make it into the game! This is TRUCK, CART and CARGO which drive through Perry Naval Base. Truck and cart also appear on the mining base. LOADER is a variant of truck that appears in the ship upgrade room. From the dev...
  19. Bandit LOAF

    Focus on the Wing Commander II Demo (February 16, 2024)

    We recently spent some time dissecting and analyzing the Wing Commander preview for the Amiga. Now we've followed that up with the same treatment for the Wing Commander II rolling demo! The Wing Commander II demo was put together by Origin for Winter CES 1991 and was first shown on January 10 of...
  20. Bandit LOAF

    All the Colors of the Rainbow Redux (February 15, 2024)

    Last week, we talked about Privateer 2's palette feature which allows any ship to appear in the livery of any of twelve factions. We didn't mention that this was being noted in the service of helping AllTinker add the correct default style for every ship in a future release of the incredible...
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