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There are many uses for paper, but right now, we cannot think of a better use than these Wing Commander paper models.
What exactly is The Blackstar Chronicles? Blackstar is a futuristic massively-multiplayer game that features both ground -based character combat as well as space-based ship combat on a massive scale. The developers at Spacetime Studios say it’s based on the single-player traditions of “Wing Commander” and the multiplayer feel of “Descent.” Lofty goals, but when your team is packed with Wing Commander and Privateer veterans you’ve got a good shot at getting it right. The IP fell into a bit of trouble after a 2006 publishing agreement with NCsoft fell through earlier this year, but the team at Spacetime has just announced that they’ve acquired the rights from NCsoft to soldier on, and that’s a damn good thing. I would have hated to discover that the amazing character designs seen above and at their official website were never going to come to fruition. This is exactly the type of game I’ve been craving since the disappointment that was EA’s Earth and Beyond.
Warm your printer up. While trawling through the deepest, darkest recesses of his memory, Joel over at Boing-Boing found what is quite possibly the best thing existing on the internet today. That’s right: the blueprints for four Terran Confederation starfighters. From the original Wing Commander. And they’re hi-res. In the future, when you children’s children ask you why, at 80 years of age, you keep yammering on about how gaming has yet to see a sci-fi series match Wing Commander’s sense of nerdy detail and space opera, you can dust these off and show them. God I miss this series. So damn much. *sniff* Get Them While They’re Blue [via Boing-Boing Gadgets]
