Our friends at the Wing Commander CIC will be celebrating that site’s 17th birthday on August 15th:

We excited to announce the date for the next CIC Birthday Party: Saturday, August 15, 2015. Longtime visitors will recall that our actual birthday is historically on the 10th, but last year we began adjusting the event date so that it falls on a convenient Saturday evening for most visitors. We’ll be turning 17 years young this year, and you’re invited to celebrate with us!

The gathering place is our IRC chat room #Wingnut. No special software is needed if you fire up our browser client. It’s easy to pop in and say hello any time – it should even work on most modern smartphones or tablets! On the 15th of next month, Wingnuts should shoot to arrive at 7:00 pm EDT (4:00 pm PDT and 11:00 pm GMT). Festivities should last at least a couple hours with lots of fun stories, trivia contests and birthday updates. See you there!

The WCNews crew always throw a good get-together, and will usually have lots of hitherto-unseen Wing Commander-related stuff to show off. It’s all well worth checking out, if you’re also a fan of that series of Origin Systems games.