He made Wing Commander. Now he's making this and it's looking slick. Watch the vids for more.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cig/star-citizenI don't like the way they did their rewards (it's like Pay 2 win), and we'll see how often they update (the less they update, the worse they'll do on kickstarter, due to looking like soulless jerks).
But the game could be a good version of EVE Online. Yeah, I said it. Actual good combat it seems.