Last year I reviewed Star Wars Squadrons as part of a brief diversion away from my usual flight sim content. It was a ton of fun and served as a kind of spiritual successor to some old favourites like TIE Fighter and X-Wing that I played in my more formative years. I played it a…
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A look at TSW2’s Spirt of Steam
There are times while I’m flying along over the countryside in DCS and IL-2 when I see a steam locomotive and have wondered what operating one of those would be like. How do you drive a steam locomotive? What’s involved with managing one as it trundles along the rails? Then, Dovetail Games released their Spirit…
When I’m not flight simming
Although I love flight simming through and through, there are days and nights when I don’t have the brain power to get all of my gear setup or where the mood just takes me in a different direction. When those times happen I will sometimes play other games that are out there from the mainstream…
Back on the rails: A look at Train Sim World 2!
Last year I wrote an article about Train Sim World, a sim that I had picked up and was having some fun with when I wasn’t flying a flight simulator. Recently I’ve had some hardware issues that had me looking for non-flying sims to play and I jumped right back into Train Sim World with…
Star Wars Squadrons is getting a free update with new map, B-Wing, TIE Defender!
When I’m not flying around in a simulated airplane, I’m zipping around the stars in an X-Wing or TIE Fighter in Star Wars Squadrons. The game has been plenty entertaining in both single and multiplayer and I’m looking forward to spending some more time with it. The exciting news is that EA and Motive Studios…
Tom Weiss, creator of LockOnFiles, has passed away
An announcement is rippling across the flight sim community today as news that Tom Weiss, the creator of LockOnFiles and a long time community contributor, has passed away. Notice posted An announcement has been posted on LockOnFiles, a community website offering files and downloads for DCS World, IL-2, and FSX/P3D as well as (as the…
Flight sim pilots come together in solidarity
I’m always impressed by the level of solidarity that the flight sim community can show and none more than in difficult times. Last week I wrote a post about the ITAF Italian Fighters squadron coming together to do some aerobatics to show solidarity among their members. I thought it was a great idea and I…
Top Gun: Maverick trailer 2 is out!
It’s not often we get a fast jet based movie to go and see in theaters so when there is one on the horizon I get excited to see how it progresses and if it will end up being an enjoyable piece of Hollywood film making. The second trailer for the movie came out just…
Remembering
Another year has passed and I feel it necessary every year on this blog to pay respect and remembrance to veterans around the world. On November 11 in most Commonwealth countries, we call the day Remembrance Day or sometimes Poppy Day or Armistice Day. In the United States it is known as Veterans Day. Whatever…
A lot of Pacific WWII media out there right now
I often find that there are waves of interest in different parts of history in popular culture. Right now, it seems that we’re having a slight uptick in interest in the Pacific theatre of WWII. I thought it’d be fun to point out a few of them that I’ve noticed recently including one that is…
Stormbirds 