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Origin's Legacy Lives On Through Vast Industry Influence
TechRaptor has published an article on the history of Origin Systems. It's a rather in-depth piece that focuses on many of the notable developers who joined the company in the early days and then wen... Wing Commander Meme of the Day: Disaster Girl
There's two ways this could have been handled
... Wing Commander Makes History
It's time for some serious history! The Digital Antiquarian has put together an excellent article titled From Squadron to Wingleader which follows the first half of the development of the original Win... Diverse Designs Incorporated Into Secret Ops Model Upgrade Pack
It hasn't been very long since we first saw the upgraded Moray and Wasp models, but DefianceIndustries has already got both running smoothly in the Vision Engine. The Nephilim medium fighter is a ver... New WC Saga Tools Released To Assist Pilots
Luke has created two more useful tools to help both players and modders of WC Saga. WCS Base Extract is a utility that unpacks Saga files as a first step towards creating new missions in the game. M... Get Started With IRC
Internet Relay Chat or IRC may date back to the late 1980s, but it's still a great way to interact with people. You can chat with other Wing Commander fans in the #Wingnut channel on the CIC network (... Hellcat Model Gets Major Fuselage Features
Whiplash has made some nice improvements to his Hellcat model this week that have transformed the center fuselage from a wooden block to something more closely resembling a Confed spaceframe. There's... Rapier 3D Print Now Available
Klavs has taken a big step forward with his gorgeous models and posted them on the Shapeways Store. Fans can now order his take on the classic Rapier II starting at $21 for the 1/600 scale model, whi... Privateer 2 Language Conversion Reveals Interesting Differences
Ser Lin Kuei Ominae has further researched Privateer 2 and discovered it's relatively easy to switch between regional versions. For his testing, a German copy was converted into English, but this sho... Director of Photography Talks Movie Lighting
Roger Simonsz, camera operator and second unit DP on the Wing Commander Movie, presented at the Showlight conference in 2005. His experienced have been summarized in a brochure (PDF, page 6) posted a... X-37B Successfully Launched
There's more fun space news this week. The US Air Force launched the X-37B space plane yesterday on its first flight. Described by some as a "mystery" ship, the new shuttle is officially tasked with... Chris Roberts Interviewed by IGN
MartySheen found a cool interview with Chris Roberts. Most of the focus is on his most recent sci-fi film production, Outlander. The interview was conducted in the UK where the movie begins ... Making the Game: Mission SG3
SG3 is the third of the original Wing Commander Prophecy concept's increasingly elaborate gauntlet missions. This one is a capture the flag scenario, which most will remember was very popular in multi... Prepare to Fold Space... Ships
Péricles of Paper Commander has posted a great set of images of the completed Dralthi IV paper model, and it looks... well, beyond spectacular! Check out the weapons, the base, the scale compared to ... We Need You!
Next month, members of the CIC staff will be assisting in a project to restore and archive a large amount of historical data from Origin Systems, which surely includes some fascinating lost Wing Comma... More Pioneer Available in 3D
Howard Day has released four more 3D fly-around movies for WC Pioneer. The classic Jalthi is followed by Howard's Phalanx and Camel designs. One of the fancy modular stations is also included in thi... Leader Spins Some Yarn
LeaderOne has put together a couple of comic strips based on Wing Commander 2. They're short, but cute and to the point. For creative Wingnuts who aspire to do something similar, screenshots are eas... Famous Gemini Hangar Rebuilt
A while back Marc conducted some research in order to remodel the interior of the Perry Naval Base landing structure. To help get a better feel about the area he was building, he looked at where ship... It Pays To Run EA
GamaSutra recently analyzed a report on CEO compensation and found just one game company CEO that made the list. Forbes Magazine recently documented the payouts that America's 500 largest comp... Graphics Are Everything
ZFGokuSSJ1 recently caught an early peek at June's PC Gamer and was upset at what he saw. There's a pretty odd article in the back where the editor takes a stab at classic series like X-Com and Wing ... Intelligent Life Not Found Yet
We're still searching for aliens with the help of the wcnews SETI@home group. Our local statistics page has been updated to reflect changes over the past five months. In those five months we've gained... Mark Dacascos Hosts Iron Chef Tonight
Psych and ace noticed that Mark Dacascos, who played Catscratch in Wing Commander 4, will be hosting Iron Chef America on Food Network. It begins Friday night at 9 pm ET/PT with replays throughout th... Star Wars Galaxies Space Sim Shots Released
Sony has released a number of screenshots for the upcoming Star Wars Galaxies expansion set to feature space combat. Many former Origin employees have worked on Galaxies, which should be good news if... Trivia 3, Week 26
What does this week's trivia and the day after Casey arrived on the Midway have in common? That's a stupid question!Welcome to Game Three, Week Twenty-Six Trivia. We play each week. Every Monday two m... A UE Fralthi
He does Fralthi, too -- WildCat has done some great work updating Unknown Enemy's Fralthi model...
... You Should Be In Pictures
Here's one for the wall -- a screenshot from the Invasion beta has earned STAMODS dubbing of "Screenshot of the Week"... and, oh, what a screenshot it is!
... Poll-Vaulting Forward
Another day, another Wing Commander themed poll at Action Vault -- now you can decide "Which of these classic space sim series is your favorite?"... Wing Commander and Privateer are both options! Than... Like Wing Commander... But Not!
Tye found an article at PlanetDreamcast that mentions our favorite series... apparently an undersea game called Deep Fighter "actually has quite a lot in common with the PC's X-Wing and Wing Commander... Carry This
Wraith is working on a Wing Commander style capship, which will be posted to our WC3D section... called -- the TCS Wraith (CV-85)! Here's what's done so far, by skilled modeller Derrin Proctor... (you... Capt. Johnny's Incredible Screensaver
Once again, the creator of things such as Capt. Johnny's Christmas Message and other things you may have heard of never ceases to amaze. This time he has sent us a screensaver featuring WC ships flyin... AICN's Ginger Lynn Interview
Ain't It Cool News has whipped up a interview with Ginger Lynn Allen, who plays Rachel Coriolis in WC3 and WCP. The interview contains a large chunk about Ginger Lynn's part in the two games.... CIS Bulletin
CIS operatives are requesting information from anyone who knows who is responsible for the death of Harold Binkum, a popular singer whose most recent song, 'Old Marlene, she ain't what she used to be'...
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