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2008.220 (August 7, 2008) [# 3227 | 8/7/2008] 

Freddie Prinze Jr. Joins Wrestling Creative Team
World Wrestling Entertainment, whose offering includes Friday Night SmackDown! and WWE RAW, has recruited Freddie Prinze Jr. into their creative team. The 32-year-old former teen heartthrob starred in Hollywood blockbusters like Scooby-Doo and I Know What You Did Last Summer, but is perhaps best known for his portrayal of a young Christopher Blair in the 1999 feature film Wing Commander. While it doesn't sound like Prinze will be doing any (simulated) fighting, his experience wrestling giant cats probably looked good on his resume in this particular case.

NEW YORK, July 31, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --
Freddie Prinze, Jr., a long-time fan of World Wrestling Entertainment(R), has joined WWE(R)'s creative team. Prinze, Jr. will now have a behind-the-scenes role contributing to USA Network's ratings powerhouse, WWE Monday Night RAW, as well as WWE's weekly television and pay-per-view programs.

"Bringing on board an experienced Hollywood writer, actor and producer like Freddie Prinze, Jr. will only increase the level of entertainment to millions of viewers and passionate WWE fans every Monday on USA," said Chris McCumber, Executive Vice President Marketing Digital & Brand Strategy, USA Network."

"Freddie Prinze, Jr.'s passion, energy and creativity make him an excellent fit for WWE," said WWE Chairman Vince McMahon.


[KrisV] [# 8843] [Discuss (3 comments)]

Making the Game - Part 94
The G'Mar (here: G'Marr) series of Wing Commander Prophecy is Series G in the game's designer bible. One interesting note here is that in this plan for the game the Nephilim comms are only now translated - instead of almost immediately as in the finished version. It would have been interesting to have the aliens completely, well, alien, for almost the entire story. You can also find at least one 'Dane' that wasn't changed into a Casey months earlier!

Bible 24 - Series G
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Date: Unknown
Project: Wing Commander Prophecy
Donated By: Billy Cain
Pages: 34


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Last Five Standoff Simulator Scores
MavSConvoy StrikeGladius2950
eddiebKilrathi GauntletWraith750
KyranConvoy StrikeEpee1940
-Dart-Kilrathi GauntletRapier1440
TigerhawkConvoy StrikeMorningstar3920

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2008.219 (August 6, 2008) [# 3226 | 8/6/2008] 

Black Day for Blackstar
There's more bad news for SpaceTime Studios. The Austin-based developer has been unable to find financing for their Blackstar space combat game and are being forced to cut their development team in half:

Our company has been entirely self-funded the for the last six months while we tried to find a publishing deal for 'Blackstar.' Throughout this period we have held onto our pre-production development team because, honestly, we think they are the best of the best. We have been shopping Blackstar around but - right now, at least – the concept of a SciFi space/ground IP has proven to be a challenge. Our studio cannot survive at its current burn rate without a publishing deal, so we face a necessary (though very difficult and painful) decision. We are scaling down from thirty-two down to sixteen folks in the hopes of developing a pitch, a prototype and another publishing deal.

We will be letting some very good folks go. They will receive extended benefits and we will be doing everything we can to help them land on their feet again. We consider these people to be the cream of the crop, so if you are looking to staff up your team please drop us a line at jobs@spacetimestudios.com.

This is a huge shame - the SpaceTime team included a group of former Wing Commander developers more impressive than any other in the last decade. The Blackstar team included people like Chris Douglas and Anthony Sommers who have always represented the creative soul of Wing Commander's development. We hope for the best for all involved.
[LOAF] [# 8842] [Discuss (3 comments)]

Making the Game - Part 93
Today's Wing Commander Prophecy bible update, Series F, represents the second half of the T'lan Meth missions. One cut mission here is fascinating - the Midway would be surrounded by tiny alien probes which the player must destroy in order to stop infinite waves of attacking fighters from honing in on her.

Bible 23 - Series F
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Donated By: Billy Cain
Pages: 62


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2008.218 (August 5, 2008) [# 3225 | 8/5/2008] 

Kilrathi Character Model In Work
NinjaLA is working on a posable Kilrathi model. He's still working on the textures and skeleton to manipulate, but the basic model shape is together. It seems like a pretty accurate representation, though I have to admit looking at it definitely creeps me out.

I think the legs are pretty broken at the moment, and I'll detail up the head a bit more. Right now I think it's around 200k polys so it's not exactly a game model. It would be nice in video format though.

[ChrisReid] [# 8841] [Discuss (14 comments)]

Making the Game - Part 92
Series E is what will eventually be known as the T'lan Meth series -- but it's clearly in a much earlier form here. Check out both the cut mission (E5 - unwinnable!) and the many, many references to a 'Kilrathi Reservation Planet'. That's a concept that didn't make it into the finished game...

Bible 22 - Series E
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Project: Wing Commander Prophecy
Donated By: Billy Cain
Pages: 50


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2008.217 (August 4, 2008) [# 3224 | 8/4/2008] 

Defend Blackmane Base
This is the third week of the Wing Commander III replay effort. Depending on what happens in Blackmane, Wingnuts will get sent to either Delius or Ariel next. Here are DaveO's notes from Tamayo:

Eisen is here at the simulator along with Flash and some other pilots who want to see the action. Eisen explains that as a general rule he does not condone these displays of dominance. He says that I'm taking a big risk in terms of ship morale, especially if I lose. He gives me the advice to kick Flash's butt in the simulator.

I have enough time to do the standard power configuration in my Arrow before Flash gets in range. He does shoot and hit me with two missiles at close range, so I need to evade and use decoys quickly if I want to win this duel. I have to use decoys multiple times, and then finally get a chance to use a full salvo missile launch. Flash decoys all the missiles away, so I'm going to have to keep trying. I'm able to launch two more missiles at the same time, and one does hit and damage Flash's Arrow. Flash taunts me and says that I'll soon be flying a wheelchair and that he's surprised at my reputation. No more missile launches of mine hit Flash, so now I playing the waiting game in letting him exhaust his afterburners. After a final desperate full afterburner frontal attack, Flash has made his mistake. With no afterburner fuel left, I pursue him aggressively from behind. After many successful hits to his rear shields, I take a chunk off his Arrow. His rear is definitely damaged, so it's time to finish him off. I again systematically blast those rear shields, and after several more successful hits I finally hit him enough to deal the final blow. Flash says that he'll honor our bet, and Vaquero says fighting the Kilrathi is definitely a different experience from test piloting. Maniac turns away in disappointment since he thought that I was overrated and expected me to lose the duel.


[KrisV] [# 8840] [Discuss (20 comments)]

Making the Game - Part 91
The series D section in the Wing Commander Prophecy designer's bible plots out the H'hrass System, where Blair is captured by the aliens. One thing I really like about these documents is the 'designer notes' sections, which can now serve as a sort of explanation and defense of the design decisions assosciated with each group of missions.

Bible 21 - Series D
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Project: Wing Commander Prophecy
Donated By: Billy Cain
Pages: 33


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2008.216 (August 3, 2008) [# 3223 | 8/3/2008] 

Birthday One Week Away!
The CIC 10th Birthday is now just a week away! If you haven't already done so, mark your calendars for this Sunday evening (August 10, 2008) at 7:00 pm Eastern US time (4:00 pm Pacific and 11:00 pm GMT). At that time we'll be kicking off our annual birthday party online in #Wingnut.

The CIC Staff has been pretty busy this year preparing for and executing the Mythic Mission, but we still have a couple nifty-cool anniversary surprises in store. As usual, we'll also have trivia, prizes and more as we count down to midnight GMT. Even though it's a Sunday night (or Monday morning), I also expect quite a few games of Prophecy multiplayer, Armada online or Wing Commander Arena to spin off after the main event. First time visitors can drop by #Wingnut easily via our web interface. See you there!
[ChrisReid] [# 8839] [Discuss (2 comments)]

Making the Game - Part 90
Part 20 of the Wing Commander Prophecy designer's bible is the G'wriss System. Check out the margin note on the first page - "C3a or B DALLAS DIES!"

Bible 20 - Series C
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Date: Unknown
Project: Wing Commander Prophecy
Donated By: Billy Cain
Pages: 47


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