After 30 years they finally let Ace Combat’s director fly in a real jet, and I’m taking credit
Kazutoki Kono: You’re welcome. Back in June, I asked the Ace Combat brand director, who’s been working on the series since 1997’s Ace Combat 2, if he’d ever gotten to strap into an F-16 and experience the real thrills of doing barrel rolls at 30,000 feet. “Unfortunately over the last 30 years of my career…