Darling Brothers, UK Indie Game Devs, Upgraded to CBE

scriptedfun writes "The BBC reports that David and Richard Darling, the brother tandem who founded Codemasters back in the mid-'80s from their bedroom, were recently made Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for their 'services to the computer games industry.' Their story is definitely inspiring for modern-day independent game developers." Naming such honorees annually is one of the perks of being Queen.

One of the perks of being Queen?

[Anonymous Coward]

Pity she ain't a human being.

Re:seeking approval

[Anonymous Coward]

what could possibly be more pathetic than looking up to an "honour" from a hereditary monarch?

Apart from whining about it on Slashdot, you mean?

whoops!

[thermian]

Now you've done it, giving the Spectrum two mentions in one post.

I can feel the urge to re-awaken the old 'spectrum vs Commodore 64' argument rising.

Must....resist...

Awards for video games?

[Rik Sweeney]

I can see it now, in about 5 years a bunch of natural light evading geeks lined in front of the Queen:

(To the first one)
"Please accept this MBE for fragging 50 players in under a minute without taking damage"
"Thank you, Ma'am"

(To the second one)
"Please accept this MBE for pulling off a 53 hit combo in Street Fighter IV"
"Thank you, Ma'am"

(To the third one)
"Please accept this MBE for obtaining 100% completion in GTA V"
"Thank you, Ma'am"

etc.

Re:One of the perks of being Queen?

[I confirm I'm not a]

It got modded flamebait because...

We mean it man
We love our queen
And our figurehead
Is not what she seems

Bit early for my Codemasters sessions on the Speccy, but formative nonetheless.

Re:seeking approval

[Naughty Bob]

I'm sorry

Apology accepted.

Re:The Queen and Video Games

[DCFC]

There are moves to make British honours more modern and politcally correct. The British Empire is of course Belize, the Falkland Island, Rockall, bits of Antarctica, and Gibraltar.

Sadly that does mean instead of Commander of the British Empire, one would be
Facilitator of the move towards general consensus on climate change.
or
Chairperson of goodwill towards all nations.