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Take Your Fandom to Work Day
Joe Garrity shared this awesome picture from Washington, D.C. today. Wing Commander fans don't really need a reason to dress up like they're about to take the fight to the Kilrathi, but in order to b... Build Your Own Cardboard Miniatures
Adm_Maverick has posted further instructions on how to turn his simple WC fighter templates into small cardboard miniatures. He simply prints out the artwork below, affixes it to plain cereal box car... Super Wing Commander Cameo In '90s Computer Documentary
"Synthetic Pleasures" is a stylish documentary from 1995 on the nature of VR, robotics, AI and the future. It also has an inexplicable cameo from the Super Wing Commander suit-up and launch sequence.... Origin Systems and Crusader Retrospective
DigitalFoundry has put together a video that looks back at Origin's isometric action adventure Crusader. The video opens with an overview of some key Origin people and major titles from the early 90s,... Bootleg Wing Commander Phone Cases Totally Fail
Here's a couple of fake Wing Commander products that were too hilarious not to share. We would normally withhold direct links to counterfeit goods just to prevent people from profiting off this sort ... X-Wing & Tie Fighter Released on GOG!
Classic '90s space sims X-Wing and Tie Fighter were released this morning via Good Old Games. In both cases, these are the special CD-ROM editions that come with all expansions and enhanced graphics ... Cybot Ships Spice Up Confed Life
Cybot is back with another set of quirky but useful 3D models. He's uploaded a new Confed Pack with ships such as the Bengal class carrier and Belleau Wood class transport. There's also a practical ... Wing Commander Theme Digitally Reorchestrated
Blake Robinson has put together a "synthetic orchestration" of the original Wing Commander theme music. The track retains the original's character while adding a nice richness to it. Blake has don... Robotech Mod Coming Together
The Robotech Mod for Flight Commander is humming along again. saf0775 has recently added some voice actors to his team after calling for volunteers at the CIC Forums. Basic game mechanics sound like... Time to Party Like it's 1996
It is traditional for film casts to throw a party when their project wraps and interactive movies were no exception. Here are eleven photographs from Wing Commander IV's cast party, which took place i... Wing Commander IV Storyboards - Scene 52
Scene 52: remember the last two times Blair went to Captain Eisen's door and we had an update about it? Apparently it happened again. I'm starting to realize why these never showed up at the Origin we... Midway's Cousin Beefed Up
JasonRocZ is well on the way to incorporating a later version of the Midway class carrier into Wing Commander Collateral Damage. This Nephilim fighting machine shares some design elements with the TC... Ares 1-X Test Lifts Off!
NASA successfully test launched the Ares 1-X rocket today. This is the very first in a series that will eventually replace the current Shuttle orbiter fleet. Today's launch was designed to measure f... Jumpgate Still Evolving
As anyone following modern space sims knows, JumpGate is getting ready for a massive overhaul -- and has been for quite a while. It's one of those make-food-taste-good-again upgrades that hopefully wo... Making the Games: Wing Commander IV Sketches
Today we have more behind-the-screens material from Wing Commander IV: six early sketches of the game's various spacecraft. These are really cool - a length for the Black Lance transport, a more strea... 27,999 Penny Arcade
Microsoft has announced a new, cheaper Xbox 360 package that's ideal for our purposes. The 'Xbox 360 Arcade' is designed for family gamers interested in taking advantage of Xbox Live Arcade - the serv... The Art of Wing Commander Arena - Part Sixteen
This is the third of three test 'clay' renderings, showing the basic 3D shape of ships designed for Wing Commander Arena. This one, however, didn't make it into the game - it's the Centurion heavy fig... Those Razrs Are Everywhere Now
Here's another new fighter for the WC4 Homeworld 2 mod. Black Lance players will be able to call on Razors flown by mercenaries when they need a quick and light force to stir up trouble. When more f... Vote For Vibes
Our latest poll results indicate that quite a few people are behind in their game time. While you sleep, they'll be waiting. Maybe there's just a lot of people anxious for Wing Commander 1 o... Wing Commander Mods for Space Empires IV Available
Bob found another Wing Commander shipset for Space Empires IV at SpaceEmpires.net. It incorporates designs from Wing Commander 3 through Prophecy and tries to assign Wing Commander ships more accurat... Get Close To Mars
It's time to dig out your telescopes. Tomorrow will bring Mars much closer to Earth than usual - only 43.1 million miles. That might sound like a lot, but Mars usually sits about 140 million miles awa... Cyberion Releases Escort Carrier Model
Cyberion has polished up a recreation of the Escort Carrier featured in End Run.
Helping out Raptor from "Holding the Line" web novel. I've modeled this carrier from the art found on the "EndRun"... Star Wars Galaxies: Jump To LightSpeed Launched
Expansion I to the massively multiplayer Star Wars Galaxies has been released and is now available in stores. It takes the original Galaxies and adds long-awaited space combat and travel to the game.... Now That's HotT!
HeartOfTheTiger strikes back!... with his... ah, unique... brand of artwork. Up to bat this time are two Star Wars parodies and... well, the less said about the third, the better (save to quote that h... Sure Beats a Silent Threat
Someone should let Electronic Arts know that they haven't outlawed Space Sims -- and here's the proof: GameSpy has posted a preview X2: The Threat ("Say, Bob... what if our game featured some kind of.... Praise Sivar
Newcommadnerondablock checks in to report that he's finished another ship for the Fleet Action mod for Homeworld! The Sivar class dreadnought, seen below, has been modeled and will be available in the... WCPolaroids: Blair (10/11)
Blair now sports a confusing leg-holster and laser gun! I suppose this is the Nephilim wormhole tower from the end of the game...
... Last Trivia Reminder Of Game 3
Here's the obligatory trivia reminder. This one comes with a personal message from Chris:Howdy ho. Last chance to play Trivia Game Three ever is today. Week 52 answers due asap. Easy fun week. Hap... Panther Lancer
Lancers Reactor has posted a model of Prophecy's F-108A Panther class B Space Superiority Fighter for use with Starlancer. The model was created by RubberEagle. If anyone out there gets it set up, sen... Grand Opening
The Terran Confederation Command, a Wing Commander RPG club, is having their grand opening tonight on IRC! Drop by #tcs-alabama on the DALNet tonight at 6 PM EST for the party. [Update: the IRC channe... Fan-Tastic
The CIC's Fan Projects section has been remodelled! It's full of information on the myriad of fan-made Wing Commander projects in the works... including some you probably didn't remember existed.... Cats in a Barrel
The Kilrathi Characters List is now available! WildWeasel was the only person to find another Kilrathi for the list, and as thus he is the only winner of florin. The contest still stands, though...... Almost There
The WCDC posted this announcement regarding the status of the Wing Commander Freespace 2 Mod...I have recently received almost all of the Wing commander 1 & 2 ships so my Freespace 2 TC is almost fini... Site of the Month!
Marcin reports that Fantastyka, a monthly Science Fiction & Fantasy magazine in Poland, has named us the Page of the Month! Very cool, thanks! Anyone out there able to find a copy of the magazine? It'... Wing Commander in Europe
Wing Commander has recently shown up in several places in Europe! Eric reports that posters have appeared in Zurich, Switzerland. The movie is now available on video in Poland! Bugfix was kind enough ... Jake Starr is Going Through Hell...
'The Hades Inferno', the new VidFlik from United Executives, starring Cliff Mallone and Voluptua de Sire. Time is running out for Jake Starr... he's been trapped in the Dis Military Testing Area on Ha...
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