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We recently updated about an uprez'd version of one of GOG's Wing Commander wallpapers which reminded us that... these wallpapers exist in the first place? GOG created a number of 'unique' Wing Commander wallpapers when they released the games digitally and frankly we hadn't rea...

Some intrepid archivist recently uploaded what seems to be a full run of famed gentleman's magazine Playboy. So of course we've done the hard work for you and pulled out every page where Wing Commander is mentioned! You can come up with your own 'reading it for the articles' joke here.

July 1992 - a gift guide mentions Wing Commander II as being one of the top flight si...

The Wing Commander movie club had a great time with ace's birthday movie, Amadeus! (Happy birthday, ace!). It's not quite a historical movie as it is a movie that contextualizes Mozart's story for modern audiences… treating him as we would see a rock star-style musician today, so that we understand his humanity instead of some more stuffy analysis of his music. The result is ...

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 Romeo + Juliet (1996) and you can find details on why we're watching it in

You know it when you see it, and you see it more than you expect in marketing, signage and other games: the 'Wing Commander font'. But what is that font? Well, the typeface you associate with the earlier Wing Commander games was derived from a font called Stop. It's so named because of the reaction you have to its bold, unique appearance, similar to how you might react to a b...