Santiago "Cubeboy" Cuberos
Zero Profit Margins: The High Praise and Low Sales of Ace Combat Zero
A critical look at the most influential yet financially unsuccessful Ace Combat game: Ace Combat Zero.
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ACE COMBAT
Aaron "Ribbon-Blue" Mendoza
- Dec 28, 2022
- 5 min
Ace Combat: Player-Controlled Strategic Bombers
A retrospective piece discussing the era of player controlled strategic bombers in the Ace Combat series.
Aaron "Ribbon-Blue" Mendoza
- Aug 24, 2022
- 3 min
Ace Combat 7: Playing with the Fog of War
In my view, the closing missions of Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown continue to be some of the most memorable missions in the series as far...
T.J. "Millie" Archer
- May 28, 2022
- 4 min
Top Gun Maverick Week: Spoiler Free First Impression and Collabs
As the credits began to roll, I turned to look at Aaron (Ribbon-Blue) and asked him, “Have you ever seen Wayne’s World 2”? He answered in...
Skyward Staff
- Apr 8, 2022
- 2 min
Ace Combat: Ikaros in the Sky (April 2022 Update)
Português language translation now available. Other languages to be rehosted.
Aaron "Ribbon-Blue" Mendoza
- Feb 16, 2022
- 4 min
Ace Combat Stealth Missiles: Historical Inspiration, Real World Technology
Even the most unconventional and outright sci-fi elements of the Ace Combat series often have connections to real-world aircraft,...
Aaron "Ribbon-Blue" Mendoza
- Feb 5, 2022
- 14 min
Creator Highlight Month 2022: Solutus Eversol
The fifth entry of Creator Highlight Month 2022 is with Solutus Eversol. A guide to the worldbuilding of Ace Combat.
Aaron "Ribbon-Blue" Mendoza
- Nov 20, 2021
- 11 min
Ita-Planes: Flying Devotion
An insightful look into one of the traditions of virtual (and real) aviation.
Santiago "Cubeboy" Cuberos
- Nov 13, 2021
- 5 min
Ace Combat X: A Classic Enhanced by Emulation
An opinion article about PPSSPP and how it makes ACX an even better game!
T.J. "Millie" Archer
- Sep 7, 2021
- 4 min
Analysis: The Standard Missile in Ace Combat
An analytical look at the STDM (Standard Missile) from Ace Combat and its IRL counterparts.
TaskForce23
- Aug 31, 2021
- 12 min
Translation/Analysis: Ace Combat 25th Anniversary Reflection Special
A translated summary with commentary of Ace Combat's 25th anniversary live special.
Aaron "Ribbon-Blue" Mendoza
- Jul 13, 2021
- 7 min
The Form and Function of Clouds and Weather in Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
In case you have not noticed, clouds are sort of the "big thing" in simulated flight recently. The once taken for granted masses of water...
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Santiago "Cubeboy" Cuberos
- Feb 18
- 12 min
The Dragonfly: From Paper to Reality in VRChat
A look into the development of the Dragonfly, an original aircraft for VRChat Aviation.
Aaron "Ribbon-Blue" Mendoza
- Jan 4
- 4 min
Apache Air Assault: Presentation of Ranged Combat
An analysis of Apache: Air Assault's reasonable presentation of ranged combat using radar, sensors and FLIR and more.
Aaron "Ribbon-Blue" Mendoza
- Jun 15, 2021
- 8 min
Interview: Jose Pavli, Director of Dawn, an Animated Aerowar Audioplay
With its teaser announcement on May 22nd, 2021, Dawn is described as an "Animated Aerowar Audioplay, intended to tell a story about a...
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