Ben Lesnick
@banditloaf.wcnews.com
Like so many Americans, he was trying to construct a life that made sense from things he found in gift shops. (he/him)
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Ben Lesnick
@banditloaf.wcnews.com
· Nov 15
Hello Bluesky! My name is Ben but my old friends call me LOAF. I’m best known for helping Chris Roberts dream up Star Citizen but I mostly skeet about Wing Commander esoterica and my life with two wonderful black cats and beautiful wife Ali (plus dumb jokes and nonsense about other media I love).
My Dad: “I’ve got the whole house set up like a submarine! You know how submarine movies always have a depth charge scene?”
Me: “… yeah.”
Me: “… yeah.”
November 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
My Dad: “I’ve got the whole house set up like a submarine! You know how submarine movies always have a depth charge scene?”
Me: “… yeah.”
Me: “… yeah.”
I greatly appreciate my father deciding Star Trek IV would be the first movie I ever saw in a theater.
Hello, computer.
Leonard Nimoy's Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (aka The One With the Whales!) was released 39 years ago today.
One of the most popular Trek films, the Whale Movie is indeed one of my fav. Fresh, funny, with a fine environmental message, it completes an overall successful trilogy.
Leonard Nimoy's Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (aka The One With the Whales!) was released 39 years ago today.
One of the most popular Trek films, the Whale Movie is indeed one of my fav. Fresh, funny, with a fine environmental message, it completes an overall successful trilogy.
November 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I greatly appreciate my father deciding Star Trek IV would be the first movie I ever saw in a theater.
When you’re gathering with your loved ones tomorrow be sure to remember what Thanksgiving is really about: Pilgrims.
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
When you’re gathering with your loved ones tomorrow be sure to remember what Thanksgiving is really about: Pilgrims.
When we tell her she has a Godzilla head this is what we mean.
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
When we tell her she has a Godzilla head this is what we mean.
Reposted by Ben Lesnick
Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom
Source: Next Generation 13 (January 1996)
Scan Source: RetroMags
#retrogaming #dosgaming
Source: Next Generation 13 (January 1996)
Scan Source: RetroMags
#retrogaming #dosgaming
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom
Source: Next Generation 13 (January 1996)
Scan Source: RetroMags
#retrogaming #dosgaming
Source: Next Generation 13 (January 1996)
Scan Source: RetroMags
#retrogaming #dosgaming
Lumi has inherited the pillow of me that we were given by Star Citizen backers at Gamescom years ago!
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Lumi has inherited the pillow of me that we were given by Star Citizen backers at Gamescom years ago!
These would look great in your home or office!
Rabbits & rats; who could ask for anything more? My Gentlebun, Rat King and Leaping Hare prints play nicely together.
#linocut #art #illustration
#linocut #art #illustration
November 26, 2025 at 3:33 AM
These would look great in your home or office!
Nice! Let's see if they've added the Wing Commander Academy speech pack... no. Let's see if they've fixed the crash on mission launch they caused by leaving out the default temp files... no. Great work, GOG!
New games added to the GOG Preservation Program https://buff.ly/lPpynQy #ad
- Alien Rampage
- Cold Fear
- Dangerous Dave Pack
- Epic Pinball: The Complete Collection
- Eternam
- I Am Alive
- Rayman 2: The Great Escape
- Screamer
- Wing Commander: Academy
- Alien Rampage
- Cold Fear
- Dangerous Dave Pack
- Epic Pinball: The Complete Collection
- Eternam
- I Am Alive
- Rayman 2: The Great Escape
- Screamer
- Wing Commander: Academy
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Nice! Let's see if they've added the Wing Commander Academy speech pack... no. Let's see if they've fixed the crash on mission launch they caused by leaving out the default temp files... no. Great work, GOG!
One of the first hints about Seether in Wing Commander IV is that he's wearing the same ribbons as Colonel Blair but in reverse order.
November 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
One of the first hints about Seether in Wing Commander IV is that he's wearing the same ribbons as Colonel Blair but in reverse order.
I’m actually glad they didn’t go the Rogue One route with the new Wicked; Peter Cushing would’ve made a terrible Dorothy.
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I’m actually glad they didn’t go the Rogue One route with the new Wicked; Peter Cushing would’ve made a terrible Dorothy.
This is hard to predict because in my experience show trials to accuse space heroes of treason end up with an assignment to the ISS, but Mr. Kelly has already done that.
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 25, 2025 at 6:12 AM
This is hard to predict because in my experience show trials to accuse space heroes of treason end up with an assignment to the ISS, but Mr. Kelly has already done that.
Introduce yourself with four spaceships
November 25, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Introduce yourself with four spaceships
In the French version of Star Trek V, Sybok tries to take Captain Kirk’s baguette. But Kirk won’t let him: he needs his pain.
November 25, 2025 at 1:49 AM
In the French version of Star Trek V, Sybok tries to take Captain Kirk’s baguette. But Kirk won’t let him: he needs his pain.
Alright, pink or green?
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Alright, pink or green?
Exactly the right amount of time has passed so that Freddie Prinze Jr. could play Commodore Blair circa Wing Commander Prophecy!
Very expensive Amazon Prime earnest Wing Commander adaptation bonus points for Freddie cameo
November 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Exactly the right amount of time has passed so that Freddie Prinze Jr. could play Commodore Blair circa Wing Commander Prophecy!
Reposted by Ben Lesnick
Oh, here's something I was listening to yesterday. The Wing Commander: Prophecy soundtrack.
The world may never know why, but it is full of the hardest industrial bangers ever.
www.discogs.com/release/1295...
Seriously, why does this exist?
The world may never know why, but it is full of the hardest industrial bangers ever.
www.discogs.com/release/1295...
Seriously, why does this exist?
Various - Wing Commander: Prophecy (Original Soundtrack)
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1997 CD release of "Wing Commander: Prophecy (Original Soundtrack)" on Discogs.
www.discogs.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Oh, here's something I was listening to yesterday. The Wing Commander: Prophecy soundtrack.
The world may never know why, but it is full of the hardest industrial bangers ever.
www.discogs.com/release/1295...
Seriously, why does this exist?
The world may never know why, but it is full of the hardest industrial bangers ever.
www.discogs.com/release/1295...
Seriously, why does this exist?
I've seen this 1968 ad where members of the SFWA announced if they were for or against the Vietnam War. That reminded me that the Wing Commander Universe Map included with Prophecy filled out much of the Enigma Sector with systems named after famed SFF writers. So how many appear in both places?
November 23, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I've seen this 1968 ad where members of the SFWA announced if they were for or against the Vietnam War. That reminded me that the Wing Commander Universe Map included with Prophecy filled out much of the Enigma Sector with systems named after famed SFF writers. So how many appear in both places?
I heard you liked wings so I put some wings in your... etc.
November 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I heard you liked wings so I put some wings in your... etc.
Question for the retro tech experts: if I had been able to afford one of those crazy industry-facing Obsidian 3dfx cards in 1997… would I have noticed any actual difference?
November 23, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Question for the retro tech experts: if I had been able to afford one of those crazy industry-facing Obsidian 3dfx cards in 1997… would I have noticed any actual difference?
This is a great thread about my favorite Star Trek movie ship.
Star Trek III destroyed one Enterprise, but gave us a generous helping of new ships (plus a spacedock) to compensate. The Bird of Prey and Excelsior went on to become fan favourites, but one is not so universally loved.
Join me for a small Oberth-class appreciation thread… [🧵]
Join me for a small Oberth-class appreciation thread… [🧵]
November 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This is a great thread about my favorite Star Trek movie ship.
They call him the crinkle ball king.
November 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
They call him the crinkle ball king.
Is JAG a rerun tonight?!
November 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Is JAG a rerun tonight?!
Cheers to the Call Your Mother manatee.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Cheers to the Call Your Mother manatee.
It’s paginated so that you can’t read the ship specifications without seeing a full color page of Admiral Tolwyn’s suicide that spoils the entire game!
November 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It’s paginated so that you can’t read the ship specifications without seeing a full color page of Admiral Tolwyn’s suicide that spoils the entire game!