I wanted to take a moment to send everyone best wishes in 2021. I’ve written a few times in my year in review articles that 2020 was not the year that we all expected. For most, it’s been a difficult year to get through. But we are resilient in the face of intense challenges and…
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Happy Holidays!
I wanted to wish everyone out there a Merry Christmas, Happy Channuka and a Happy Holiday to all! 2020 has been, without question, a rough year but I hope everyone is able to be safe and still find a way to celebrate this holiday season. I’m going to be mostly offline for the next couple…
Stormbirds Podcast Episode 2: Q&A With Jason Williams plus Yak-9 giveaway!
Stormbirds Podcast Episode 2 is ready to launch and will be coming out this Friday at 11:00 am EDT. Episode 2 features Jason Williams, Lead Producer for IL-2: Great Battles, in a far reaching conversation on flight sims in general as well as lots of talk about the IL-2 series and what’s coming in the…
A fresh coat of paint
When I started the Stormbirds.blog four years ago I did some basic work to make sure that it looked good in the template it was using. Since then I’ve stuck to what I know and tried not to alter the format very much. That said, it’s 2020 and a fresh coat of paint is a…
Stormbirds turns four!
On April 4, 2016 I started this blog as a fun diversion to practice my writing and it has grown and lead me to so much more in that time. I missed the birthday of Stormbirds.blog by several days, however, I’m making up for it by posting now. Last year has been by far the…
Happy New Year and thanks to you all!
As the sun sets on 2019 and rises on the year 2020 I want to wish everyone a very happy new year and best wishes for 2020. I think 2020 will be a great year in flight simulation with the launch of new content from the IL-2 and DCS World series, changes and upgrades for…
Happy Holidays!
I want to wish everyone a very merry Christmas, a happy Chanukah, and best wishes to all during this festive time of the year. May your stockings and gifts bring you some fun sim or aviation themed goodies and I wish you peace and happiness to you and your families! Christmas themes in-sim In the…
IL-2: Battle of Normandy announced!
1C Game Studios has revealed their next big IL-2: Great Battles Series title in the form of IL-2: Battle of Normandy. This western front themed title is directly complementary with the just released IL-2: Battle of Bodenplatte and brings the series up to two western front themed expansions for the series. There are plenty of…
Quick Takes video series experiment
I’m trying a new type of video series on my YouTube channel called the “Stormbird Quick Takes” where I capture a short clip of gameplay from a recent flight in DCS, IL-2 or any other sim I might be checking out and put that together into a very short cinematic. I’ve got two clips to…
Stormbirds is on Twitter
Going into Flight-Sim Expo 2019 I decided that it was time to expand the blog into other social media platforms. I’m not sure what my WiFi situation is going to be like this weekend but I thought that it might be a useful way to try and do quick updates while I’m on the show…
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