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).
Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment that was known as Camelot…
November 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment that was known as Camelot…
I would be willing to be nice to Northwestern University for just $35 million. Think it over!
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I would be willing to be nice to Northwestern University for just $35 million. Think it over!
I don’t want to get anyone’s hopes up too much but early polling indicates that there’s a strong chance the Wing Commander movie club is going to watch CRASH (1996) next week.
November 29, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I don’t want to get anyone’s hopes up too much but early polling indicates that there’s a strong chance the Wing Commander movie club is going to watch CRASH (1996) next week.
Incredible stuff here!
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November 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Incredible stuff here!
Wing Commander IV opens with the Black Lance bombing an unarmed medical transport because that's a very easy shorthand for establishing that the people involved are irredeemably evil and that it will be very satisfying to watch them die six CD-ROMs later.
November 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Wing Commander IV opens with the Black Lance bombing an unarmed medical transport because that's a very easy shorthand for establishing that the people involved are irredeemably evil and that it will be very satisfying to watch them die six CD-ROMs later.
Reposted by Ben Lesnick
A lot of people have it backwards about AI. In fact: the billions of calculations each second necessary to lead us through a black hole or a quasar is the NAVCOM recreation of the mind of a single Pilgrim.
September 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
A lot of people have it backwards about AI. In fact: the billions of calculations each second necessary to lead us through a black hole or a quasar is the NAVCOM recreation of the mind of a single Pilgrim.
Ready to feel old? If the 98 year old man that won the lottery and then died the next day in Ironic were still alive he would be 128 today.
November 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Ready to feel old? If the 98 year old man that won the lottery and then died the next day in Ironic were still alive he would be 128 today.
Now this is what I call Black Friday!
November 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Now this is what I call Black Friday!
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: due to high demand
you have been placed in a queue to visit LEGO.com
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: due to high demand
you have been placed in a queue to visit LEGO.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: due to high demand
you have been placed in a queue to visit LEGO.com
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: due to high demand
you have been placed in a queue to visit LEGO.com
Fish took her job as turkey guard cat very seriously.
November 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Fish took her job as turkey guard cat very seriously.
Who are the people that endlessly bskweet “I can’t believe the president could he so evil/stupid/mean” each news cycle? Where do they come from so many years into this nonsense?
November 28, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Who are the people that endlessly bskweet “I can’t believe the president could he so evil/stupid/mean” each news cycle? Where do they come from so many years into this nonsense?
Reposted by Ben Lesnick
William Shatner as Captain Kirk in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, 1968.
November 27, 2025 at 11:44 PM
William Shatner as Captain Kirk in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, 1968.
This is a good one! The story is linked in the replies so this isn’t one of those Thank You For Playing Wing Commander myths.
The best. My favorite is the guy who tried to tell Diane Duane in-person that she was a poser and probably hadn't actually played Privateer 2. And it turned out she was on the way back from her agent and had the docs on her to prove she wrote the damn thing
November 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
This is a good one! The story is linked in the replies so this isn’t one of those Thank You For Playing Wing Commander myths.
Here’s my Thanksgiving bskweet from last year. I’m very thankful that a year later we are all at home together getting ready for a big meal!
Today we went to the hospital so we could spend Thanksgiving with my mom. We watched the parade and Ali made her food that she happily ate (she’s been having trouble with the hospital food). Very happy to report she continues to improve, can’t wait to see her reunited with her cats.
November 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Here’s my Thanksgiving bskweet from last year. I’m very thankful that a year later we are all at home together getting ready for a big meal!
The dog show did a good job of picking the best dog.
November 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The dog show did a good job of picking the best dog.
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.