Very interesting, that chapter. It's hard to say who was right, when both sides blame one another, but what is clear is that there wasn't a good working relationship between the producer and director, and that is never good. Todd Moyer's comment about fans is very revealing, though, and...

I've never watched Babylon 5, and I don't think I will try in the predictable future, as five seasons of TV at the moment are just too much of a time investment, when there are so many other movies I'm desperately trying to find time for. I did, however, recently watch another show from the...

I agree. I would really like to see the original WC3 footage, to see how well (or badly) the WC3 design looked at higher resolutions.

Oh, wow. That is remarkably cool. Even more than the medals themselves, I'm impressed by the full set of ribbons. Fantastic.

Mmm. I have to say, especially with something like the Tigershark, I find myself thinking that by today's standards, any kind of opaque cockpit glass is problematic. A cockpit interior with a pilot would do wonders...

Hmm, was he? I never got the impression there was anything "born again" about him in religious terms, it's just that he is religious - but then again, I've never kept up with celebrity chatter, so I'm sure I could easily have missed some "born again" moment. Certainly, I can see his musical...

Very nice Tigershark, man, but.... ITS! Misplaced punctuation is evil :).

That's not the TCS Maria Magdalena! It's a trap!

Well... it was either that, an octopus, or a spider. I'd definitely not place any bets on the head massager ;).

Unfortunately, WCA is just too limited as a mission editor to be anything more than a toy. It must have been pretty exciting back when it was first released, and no one could even dream about mission editing tools, but today? Meh.

Hey, I never noticed that the Morningstar is basically the MiG 1.44. Sheesh, looking top-down, the differences between the two are almost non-existent!

Recognition is great, but... ugh, the Vesuvius at numer one? Sheesh, there's just no accounting for taste :). Bengal, Confederation, the Midway... I could understand any of those, but the Vesuvius? Ah, well.

I always love it when people add those little details like "no step" signs and the like. Back in the day, of course, it just wouldn't have been possible to convey such details on textures, so it's really fun to see it now.

Oh, yeah, sure, now everyone loves the Vindicator. Back in the day, you couldn't swing a cat without hitting someone whining about the Vindicator :p. As for me, I don't even remember whether I liked flying it for its stats or not, but I did love it for its looks. I'm superficial that way.

Ah, the Vindicator! Now, if we're talking about ships that get the least love, that's got to be one of the all-time-least-loved ships of the series. It always felt like you only flew this ship when you had to, for a planetside mission - and there weren't that many of them. Otherwise, most people...

Always fantastic news! Congratulations!

No, no, no. There is no way that sort of arrangement could possibly work. Think about it: if you had fifty separate launch tubes, how could you ever invoke the "launch tubes are out of action, you're all we've got" trope? Imagine all the gameplay possibilities they'd destroy with this one...

Well, now, that's a different issue: there's no reason why fighters in WC couldn't take off any way they like. Mind you, a couple of WC sources - I think the WC4 novel was the main culprit - did add the preposterous notion that ships did need catapults or at least take-off assistance rockets...

Normally, it's a 3d mesh surrounding the game world, used to display the sky textures. In this case, of course, there isn't any such thing, but the principle is pretty similar for the background. I assume ShadowArm is referring to the various planet and star sprites

I don't know about that. Well, I mena, yes, I know WC fighter scale is wonky (especially WC1), but I don't know if this is as much of a problem as we think it is. Historical carriers also grappled with these issues, and the fact is, it's never a comfortable fit - there's very few carriers that...