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Blacktron! They were one of the first (I think?) with a visor. AND they were all jet black. Which, you know...is impossibly cool. I used them with all my early mecha makes.

DEEP CUT: I want to live long enough to see you head cut off and stuck on a pike as a warning to the next ten generations that some favors come with too high a price. I would look up into your dead, lifeless eyes and wave just. like. this:

Holy crap, Escape Velocity was my favorite game for years. I basically played it and the first 2 fallout games to death. Plus, EV got me into my physics masters. Thank that man for me.

No, actually. Given some recent major flops with respect to fundamentally new material, most of the studios have gone into a mode of fishing out old material that was successful, recycling it, and putting it out as something new. Its a much safer bet. I’m not saying I like it, but it will help keep them in the black…

I hope this goes the way of the Akira live action movie.

Perfect.