For Friday, here's a great retrospective on what made the PC X-Wing and TIE Fighter games great: http://goo.gl/qNZ3B4
The Original X-Wing Games:
An interesting enough article - and I certainly did pick those games* up pretty much on-release, because duh - but man does it shortchange the West End Games RPG, to which the LucasArts games, FFG's games...and, indeed, the new 'Rebels' TV series...owes a LOT of core ideas.
* And also the 'Star Trek' games that came out nearly the same time. Wait, you guys all missed Interplay's amazing point-and-click 'Star Trek' adventure games also appearing on Steam? GO GET THOSE!