The Science of David Braben

[Colonel Kenney]

My impressions of first elite and the following games were that they were cool but infuriatingly unfun and difficult. But it did capture your imagination. I didn't spend a lot of time with it. There were better games at the time. But he had a really good formula.

 

[hood1]

FE2 was the climactic arrival of modern virtual reality.

I can't believe I just read that.

But Elite1 and 2 were true 'black swan' events, bolts from the blue, revolutionary, paridigm-changing, far exceeding the wildest expectations of what might be possible.

I can only assume you weren't there.

 

[Bambi]

Like energy shields, laser cannons, FTL travel, and a scarcity of Iron?

"This one thing is not realistic"
"therefore nothing else is realistic"