Colin Ford

Lave Radio the #EliteDangerous podcast Episode #573!: "Tharg Man and the Zomboids" is now available for download!!! laveradio.com/lave-radio-epi… The crew talk about what is going on with “Big Bill” and make their predictions, around some topical tangents.

Hey @TNLUK, just trying to get a lucky dip for tonight's euro lottery but both the app and the website don't seem to be working. There's less than 30 mins left, will it fixed before then?

@RicardosGaming @TeamYouTube Nightmare. Good luck.

All @ricardosgaming The channel has been hacked and I am in contact with @TeamYouTube to try and get it recovered! As you can imagine - I am not into posting scam livestreams!

@DavidBraben RIP, such an iconic image. I always wondered what that brown ship in front of the cobra was. Can't recognise it so I guess artistic licence?

Very sad to see Philip Castle has died. He painted the iconic artwork for the original Elite:

@FrontierAstro The developers of the 16bit versions said they didn't have access to the source code from the original. They got the ship shapes and the proc gen code for the planets, but everything else was written blind.

Elite for the #CommodoreAmiga improved on the original in virtually every way, with fast, colourful graphics, secret missions and exciting gameplay. Somehow though, it lacked both the x-factor and wow factor of the 8-bit versions, probably because games had moved on by 1988.

@FrontierAstro @RealEDCommunity I have to agree, maybe the flight model felt squishy compared to the original, the fact that you got too many pirates in safe systems to begin with. But maybe I'd played so much elite on other versions I felt burnt out. Still it wasn't long till Frontier. 😁

@bushontheradio Loved the original, it's first two sequels loved the galaxy but they used Newtonian physics when flying, which wasn't fun. The latest one I'm addicted to because it took everything that I loved from all its previous versions and let's me fly around in VR.

Adored this game

Lave Radio the #EliteDangerous podcast Episode #571!: "Ian Malcolm’s Chest Hair" is now available for download!!! laveradio.com/lave-radio-epi… In a very speculative show, the crew discuss bobbleheads and the potential for Mk II modules.

@FrontierAstro I found that without the fixes by Jon Jordan, and the lovely Andy Jones (RIP), I would have missed out. So glad I didn't

When Frontier First Encounters launched in 1995, it was a DOS-only game in 320x200 resolution. Some 30 years later, we can all enjoy the same brilliant game in much greater detail, thanks to some enterprising and talented coders. Details of FFED3D are at tinyurl.com/FFED3D-AJ

@F1 Aw. It's like an uncle taking his nephew to the Zoo on a Sunday! 😁

"It's like my new baby brother" 🥹 Delving into George and Kimi's partnership as Mercedes team mates! Watch more of this in Drive To Survive Season 8, now playing on Netflix 📺 #F1

@roadtrip0088 @EliteDangerous If it was forever locked in the store, then it would be P2W, but it's early access, so just wait three months, and you'll be able to. 🙄

@EliteDangerous I'll buy it for credits, not arx. This is blatant pay to win.

Custom built for speed and lethality, the Kestrel Mk II is Core Dynamics feisty solution to swift strikes warfare. Available now in Galactic, Stellar and Standard bundles: fron.dev/fa2e

@FrontierAstro I do wish they'd redone it for the specy 128k properly. All the ships and more special missions. I know the guys that did the port said they could put more content in the 48K version, but they ran out of time.

If you're wondering why #ArcElite didn't make it into my top 5 Elites, it's because I've had limited experience playing it and I didn't care much for the 16-bit versions anyway. Here's my complete Top 10 - from the note on my phone I used while I agonised over the final order! 😁

Lave Radio the #EliteDangerous podcast Episode #569!: "Hiding Your Kestrel in the Tussocks" is now available for download!!! laveradio.com/lave-radio-epi… The Kestrel has been released, we have a debut of a track from ToCoSo for Gameblast, and we talk about the update!

⁉️QOTW Time! 🚀The Kestrel Mk II will be available for Arx Early Access on Tuesday. 👀We've now had more information about it and have seen it via Partners on the preview server. 🤔What do you think? 💸Will you be spending Arx for it? 🎙️We'll read your thoughts on Tuesday!

@FrontierAstro I wasn't too impressed with the 16 bit versions (Atari ST, Amiga), the combat felt a bit sterile. However my number 1 would have been Arc Elite. Once you sorted out the roll and pitch issues, it was a vast improvement on the original.

*FrontierAstro Top 5 Elites* 1. BBC Elite (disc) - the original is still the best! Jaw-dropping graphics and gameplay made this an instant classic. It set a new standard for games, with its flawless execution and physical presentation (manual, novella etc.) It all started here!

@CmdrSoliest @RealEDCommunity @EliteDangerous It was supposed to be Operations but they moved that back to April this year. Rather they did that than we get a rushed feature.

What was that New Feature in phase5 last year of @EliteDangerous ?

Lave Radio the #EliteDangerous podcast Episode #566!: "Good Grief" is now available!!! laveradio.com/lave-radio-epi… What defines good PvP and bad PvP? The crew is determined to find out in this week’s episode.

Colin rescued by an adder taxi (The Shame) twitch.tv/phoenix_dfire/…

⁉️QOTW! ⚔️PvP in Elite; some of you love it, some of you hate it. 🚀What, in your opinion, is the difference between "good PvP" and "ganking" or "griefing"? What would you consider "good PvP"? 🪐If you partake in PvP or not, we'd love to hear your thoughts. 🎙️Until Tuesday!

@MissionFarsight @EliteDangerous @AnthorNet @DavidBraben

Captains Log MFS Day 3,298 - On and on and on into and endless sea of stars, surrounded only by the familiar hum of the engines and the crew we set our sights on our first jump some 30.5 Light Years away. We are CODE BLUE. #Elitedangerous @EliteDangerous @AnthorNet @DavidBraben @DeepSNetwork @CanonnResearch #space @CatalogGalactic