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Mauiby de Fug
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by Mauiby de Fug » Fri Jun 13, 2014 10:34 pm
I saw this, and thought of you...
Apparently, David Braben has been granted the honour of being an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
Queen's Birthday Honours List wrote: David John BRABEN,
FREng
Founder and Chief Executive Officer,
Frontier Development plc. For services to
the UK Computer and Video Games
Industry
BBC News article where I discovered this about halfway down in a single sentence:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27830525
Full Birthday Honours List pdf:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... 4_List.pdf
Ranthe
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Location: Paraparaumu, New Zealand (TL 8, Rich Agricultural, Multi-Government)
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by Ranthe » Sat Jun 14, 2014 8:41 am
"Right on, Commander!"
Commander Ranthe: Flying the Anaconda-class transport
Atomic Annie through Galaxy 2.
Combat Ranking : Dangerous
"Big ships take more booty on your interstellar flights..."
Yodeebe
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by Yodeebe » Sun Jul 06, 2014 4:31 pm
Off topic a bit, & maybe it's one of those questions that shouldn't be asked, but....
whatever happened to Ian Bell?
Just wondering.
Griff
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Location: Probably hugging his Air Fryer
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by Griff » Sun Jul 06, 2014 5:04 pm
bit of info here, they got back together to celebrate Elite's 25th anniversary although gave separate presentations
http://www.edge-online.com/features/elite-reunion/
I would have loved to see more Elite games from these two working together, maybe the
No Man's Sky game
http://www.no-mans-sky.com/ comes close, certainly seems trippy enough