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Merry Christmas! Thanks for all your hard work PMDG!

Aces over Europe and Aces over the Pacific were great...good old Dynamix...I will never forget my dad picking me up from school one day and dropping the massive spiral bound AotP manual in my lap as a surprise...And dont forget about US Navy Fighters and Chuck Yeager's Air Combat...where else could you fly a P51, F86, and Mig 21 in the same game (other than MSFS of course)?Only took something like 8 floppy disks to install and you were ready to go!

I'll definately be buying Duke Nukem Forever too, though I was raised on Wolfenstein 3D and the LucasArts space sims (XWing, Tie Fighter, XWing vs Tie Fighter)...man, I would love to have those remade...perhaps PMDG is up to the task? :(

You got me on that one...I would (will) anxiously wait years for Mass Effect 3...and Forza 4, and Arkham City... EDIT: Uh oh, looks like I may have contradicted myself...maybe mainstream gamers are willing to wait years for a release...

Agreed. I suppose I was mainly speaking in terms of the sim community...I think it can work for a niche product such as ours...alot of the patience comes down to the maturity of the target audience. While many of us are "older" simmers (I'm 29), it certainly takes a muture younger person to even appreciate what PMDG brings to the table...Im blown away that we have 14-15 year olds on this forum not only browsing, but also actively contributing great input to the discussion. Compare this maturity to much of the maturity found within the mass-market population the big publishers are trying to hit (just look at the forum threads on some of those console sites...). Definately not the same 14-15 year olds we see on this site (if language and lack of consideration are any indicator). The big publishers do bring some serious clout to the table in the way of marketing tools and resources though, I will give them that. I love my XBox 360, but I love my FSX more :( .

I do believe that's officially the first time the words "teat" and "suckle" have been used on this forum...:(

Speaking of PMDG updates and staff quality of life during the holidays, I just had a thought... Im definately not a games industry expert, but seems to me that PMDGs policy of "done when its done" would go far to entice the best gaming / simulation programmers and software engineers out there...just look at mass market publishers like EA, Ubisoft, Activision, etc...they practically eat their talent alive with deadlines and bottom lines. Many good development studios are out of work during the holidays because of this. While the developers under the thumb of these publishers may deliver a product to Walmart, Best Buy or Gamestop on-time everytime (almost everytime), its not always a polished product, and certainly not to the level of what we have come to expect from our favorite sim developer. So, a work environment where you are free to recruit and maximize your talent and creativity to bring a loyal support base the best product possibe almost necessitates a "done when it's done" reality. I imagine Robert has little trouble finding extremely skilled staff with that kind of work climate...what programmer wouldn't want to work in an environment where there is always time to add "one more good idea". I'm convinced this is why PMDG is so good - they have attracted and kept staff on the team by cutting out the pressures that have swallowed whole so many other developers out there. For that, I will take my time while they take theirs.Thanks for your dedication and work over the holidays PMDG (and that possible update this weekend!)

I didn't know that!I always thought he represented Australia pretty well...maybe even increased tourism from the states.His tan would indicate that his previous employment was definately oriented outdoors...like bridge work.I would love to make it down to Australia...just too expensive to travel far right now...at least from the US...will have to do it PMDG style for now.

Ha! Glad you took your spelling mistake as well as I took mine!:( ...but in all seriousness, at least you taught alot of us in the community what Qantas "officially" stands for.

The 737, will not, be your, Christmas present, because it, is going, to vacate, to Mexico, to get, developed,by Santa. The reason for this is, Mexico doesn't, allow reindeer, to fly, in restricted airspace, because they fear, vfr aircraft, might be inferior, To the woodpidgeon, causing PMDG, to destroy, their upcoming, pudding party cake, thats takes place in, 800 years time, in the dirty cockpit, of the new, Dash 8, which will, be better than baywatch,if your, standards are,lower than, fat duck, which is, highly qualified, to run, without a, pair of, stockings filled, with hydraulic, fluid. However, you will, fully regret, being naked, on a tuesday, afternoon, because your parents will, spank your, flight yoke, until it, falls off, and you start, TO CRY, Why oh why, are A320's, not that cool as the B737's? The answer for that is, that yellow snow, "BUT WAIT!!!!" he shouted, Snow Cone, and a Yeti turned up, at EGCC, to dominate, Manchester City Football Club, while flying, completely drunk, on a flying motercycle, facing his worst landing ever, on a runway made of, cheese and crackers, which was cursed, by Thor, and his penautbutter jar, and Paris Hilton, with her, stupid Chihuahua. This was, her freakin' 14th time, In the UK, and she, was still wasting, nuclear warheads, to prevent, that Boeing, from being, released by PMDG, but he who;whom he has a, NGX alpha version and is beta testing tomorrow, while a huge PMDG 777-200LR just, drove her knife and fork into an Albatross. Though the Albatros, was full of, rusty fragments, which blew, up when scooby doo, got horny, with a Woodpigeon, whilst feeling, fuzzy inside,therefore he,melted to, ice cream, and then put on Chuck Norris who had swine flu that comes only, when in Illinois, during the, ILS approach to fight, Sylvester Stallone and a rubber duck, for ILS, and VOR-DME approaches, which are, illegal in Bolivia, because Bombardier, and Embraer, didnt equip, Otto pilots with pancakes, and lots of alcohol. KLM pilots are renowned for using garlic suppositories, and wanting to get everywhere yesterday because,time is money. However, take thy, neighbour to, Saint Maarten, while a(n) giant shark, ate Mr. Robert Randazzo, but quickly, threw up all over his chief-pilot, SKYDROL! they screamed! Since then, they disappeared, to Pluto, where a, wet kitty, farted on,the head, of our, frozen corndog, king Richard III, Who's F-16 exploded after the ngx was released, before the end of, Lord of the rings trillogy, and Harry Potter

Oh well, it could be worse...at least its not a night or IMC shot...that nose and tail look pretty good against the clear blue sky!:( v/rZach Heinrich

Ha! Speaking of Australian Stereotypes...I just completed a two month US Army training course...as part of the curriculum, we had to write a battle analysis paper. An Australian Army Captain (there as part of a student exchange program) beat us all and took the prize for best paper...the prize was a very large knife...To quote Mick from Crocodile Dundee..."That's not a knife...this is a knife".I love that movie (not sure what Australia's take on the series is though...) .v/rZach Heinrich

Thats a great collection...need to grab an MD-11 though :( v/rZach Heinrich

I had no idea it was an acronym...l learn something new every day (three things actually - how to spell Qantas, what Qantas stands for, and how to edit erroneous spelling in a Topic Title - though Vin gets credit for that last one!). Thanks for setting me straight :( Im glad everyone has enjoyed the article. It was too good an item to let sit in my inbox.v/rZach Heinrich