{"id":1871,"date":"2012-12-24T17:54:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-24T17:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=1871"},"modified":"2012-12-24T21:26:56","modified_gmt":"2012-12-24T21:26:56","slug":"elite-dangerous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2012\/12\/elite-dangerous\/","title":{"rendered":"Elite: Dangerous"},"content":{"rendered":"
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And now for something a little different……<\/p>\n

If the picture below means anything to you then probably :-<\/p>\n

– you’re in your forties<\/p>\n

– you’re a little more round in the middle than you would like<\/p>\n

– you owned a BBC Micro (or at least like me you had a father who bought one)<\/p>\n

– you spent quite a bit of time playing arguably the best computer game ever – Elite<\/a><\/p>\n

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And the reason for this nostalgic post? David Braben<\/a> (one of the original creators of Elite along with Ian Bell<\/a>) has a Kickstarter fundraiser running to enable a new version of this classic game to be produced.<\/p>\n

The Kickstarter page is here<\/a> and contains a lot of information about the game including gameplay videos, concept art and interviews. It currently has 11 days left to go and as I type still needs \u00a3313,062 to meet its target.<\/p>\n

So what are you waiting for? If you want to re-live your youth then go and pledge some money. If you don’t want to re-live yours or you’re one of those disgustingly young people then pledge some money so I can re-live mine.<\/p>\n

\"Elite<\/a><\/p>\n

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