Myopia
I think Star Citizen is too focused on combat in a game universe that's large enough to demand a much wider range of mission content than we're getting right now or might get in the future.
Gaming, Star Citizen, Editorial
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Refueling With the MISC Starlite
Swimming against the fetid tide that is Star Citizen's 4.8 patch, I find quiet solace in NPC refueling missions in Pyro of all places.
Gaming, Star Citizen
We'll Make It Work
Despite insurance bricking, we borrowed a Polaris for a rescue mission with great success.
Gaming, Star Citizen
Star Citizen 4.8 - Because They Had To
Update 4.8 is a world of hurt right now, and could have benefitted from more time in the oven. But even CIG, who claims that they are not beholden to any publisher, still have people to answer to...and no, not the player-base.
Gaming, Star Citizen
4.8 Cometh - Interesting Changes in Star Citizen
4.8 actually has some nifty improvements, even if the ship offerings are bit meh (to me at least).
Gaming, Star Citizen
Rock On - Mining Updates in Star Citizen 4.8 PTU
A change from incremental quality values to bands of values is a better idea, in my opinion, but what about diversity in crafted items?
Gaming, Star Citizen
Impressions - Tides of Tomorrow
A story-rich adventure of a brightly grim future with a unique mechanic that might reward repeat playthroughs.
Gaming, Tides Of Tomorrow
Opinion: Three Things Star Citizen Needs for 1.0
While I'd love a feature-complete Star Citizen for 1.0, I think there are a few systems that are necessary for a minimally viable product.
Gaming, Star Citizen, Editorial
Changes are Afoot for Star Citizen 4.7
Armor changes and paying for exclusive access to mission locations? What is this world coming to?
Gaming, Star Citizen
Star Trek Voyager - Across the Unknown
Finally! A good Star Trek game. Fans of Trek should enjoy it; fans of Voyager should love it.
Gaming, Star Trek Voyager - Across The Unknown
Clear the Air Event in Star Citizen
Doing well so far, solo. The event should be running for at least 2 months, so I have time, but not sure if I have the resources or the inclination to fill the overall meter and earn the branded fabricator.
Gaming, Star Citizen
Notes on Star Citizen 4.6
Not a heck of a lot to write about 4.6, but I've quickly warmed to the new event, and am a solid supporter of the RSI Hermes.
Gaming, Star Citizen
First Look: StarRupture
New planet, same mass-automation gameplay.
Gaming, Starrupture
Grab Bag for January 14, 2026
Fan-Trek, Hytale, and the usual Star Citizen heavy-sighs in this week's Grab Bag.
Gaming, Star Citizen, Tv &Amp; Movies, Hytale
Tea Leaves or Wishful Thinking: Mining in Star Citizen
Using conjecture and complete B.S. I lay out my hopes that mining in Star Citizen might be approaching it's 1.0 state.
Gaming, Star Citizen
How ARC Raiders Helps Me Embrace Sucking At ARC Raiders
I don't love PvPvEX games. I'm not even sure I like this one. But I love the feeling when expectations are upended in the most glorious of ways.
Gaming, Arc Raiders
Reflections on a Steam Sale (Winter 2025)
Just a few items I picked up during this Winter Sale. Sadly, there's no real stand-outs, but as the games industry caters to a different demographic these days, what can I do?
Gaming, Editorial
Star Citizen: What the Hell is Going on With Engineering?
CIG is patching engineering on the PTU at a furious rate, but the sum total seems to neuter the entire system. What will engineering look like when it finally releases to the public servers?
Gaming, Star Citizen, Editorial
Grab Bag for Week Ending December 14, 2025
A bit of World of Warcraft, some development and project lamentation, and the usual Star Citizen editorial.
Gaming, Star Citizen, Development, World Of Warcraft
An Update on My Engineering Thoughts
As CIG admits to updating their thinking on what engineering means to Star Citizen, I do as well, allowing us to meet somewhere in the middle.
Gaming, Star Citizen
Star Citizen Grab Bag for Dec 4th, 2025
Mainly I wring hands over the details of the upcoming engineering system.
Gaming, Star Citizen
Continuing as the Best Equipped Non Streamer Ever
Talking about my investigation into separating the art from the artist by employing my phone as an external webcam to record external video for gameplay recordings.
Gaming, Hardware, Art &Amp; Design, Video &Amp; Vfx
Dispatch
I cannot say enough good things about Dispatch...really. So here's my scattershot thoughts on the narrative superhero title.
Gaming, Dispatch
Fake it While You Make It
Making videos is fun, but I feel that there's something _missing_ that I can't identify.
Gaming, Star Citizen, Art &Amp; Design, Video &Amp; Vfx
Playing Catch-Up in Star Citizen
As the player-base looks elsewhere, I was able to finally enjoy curated content, with great success.
Gaming, Star Citizen
Grab Bag for Wednesday, October 15th
Random garbage from me to you: 3D printing, Home Assistant, Streamdeck setups, and a pretty good Star Trek game demo.
Gaming, Hardware, Software, 3D Printing
CitizenCon Direct 2025
A quck(er than watching the video) recap of the high points of this year's CitizenCon Direct.
Gaming, Star Citizen
Losing It in the Onyx Facilities
A few runs through the ASD Onyx Facilities finally gives me hope for the future of Star Citizen.
Gaming, Star Citizen
Space is Too Damn Big
What's there to do in space when game universes are so large?
Gaming, Editorial
Grab Bag for Week Ending 8/3/2025
Blaugust begins, Dune: Awakening takes a dirt-nap, Terminull Brigade as a diversion, and more Unbelievable Stories from Star Citizen this week.
Gaming, Star Citizen, Dune Awakening, Terminull Brigade
Grab Bag for Week Ending June 28, 2025
More on the new printer, a trip to Cape Cod, Dune: Awakening update, and rants about Star Citizen for this installment of the Grab Bag.
Gaming, Star Citizen, Hardware, Dune Awakening
To Tame a Land
I went on safari to get some new materials, and all the while expressed my respectful hatred for Hagga Rift and Jabal Eifit Al-janub.
Gaming, Dune Awakening
It's Dangerous to Go Alone
I found that playing with others _is_ better than playing alone, especially when the game would have kicked my ass if I'd tried to tackle some of this content by myself.
Gaming, Dune Awakening
An Unforgiving World
Hagga Basin South was pretty easy; Wester Vermillius Gap is kicking my ass as a solo player. I need to make better gear, but can't until I get materials sequestered behind difficult content.
Gaming, Dune Awakening
I Am No Longer Player Dune: Awakening
My sub-fief will decay, my trike will rust, and the desert will never have known my name. But that's OK because...
Gaming, Dune Awakening
Bloodletting on Arrakis
I finally get over my survival woes and go on a killing spree in the WVG. Along the way I picked up Planetologist training, and settled down with dreams of a new home.
Gaming, Dune Awakening
I'm Dune OK, Actually - Initial Impressions
Dune: Awakening has a lot of bases to cover, so after about 8 hours of head-start playing, here's my attempt to cover as many as I could, including the thorny "PvE vs PvP" question.
Gaming, Dune Awakening
Do NOT Listen to This Man
In which I say a lot of things opposite to other things I said, and own my hypocrisy.
Gaming, Editorial
Grab Bag for June 2, 2025
The Pi continues without purpose, a return to Night City in Cyberpunk 2077, fuck Funcom, and the usual Star Citizen babble in this installment of the Grab Bag.
Gaming, Star Citizen, Hardware, Cyberpunk 2077, Dune Awakening
Grab Bag for the Week Ending May 16, 2025
3D printing, code refactoring (!), Andor wraps up again, and Star Citizen's 4.1.1 patch in the wild.
Gaming, Editorial, Art &Amp; Design
Grab Bag for Week Ending May 10, 2025
Grab Bag for Week Ending May 10, 2025
Gaming, Development
Grab Bag for the Week of April 28, 2025
Oblivion Remastered, V Rising, Humble Choice selections, project updates, and the usual dénouement regarding space sim games, this week in the Grab Bag.
Gaming, 3D Modeling
Getting Fancy - 10-Point Touch Screen Sideboard
I added a 1920x720 touch-enabled monitor to my retinue for info panels. The jury is still out on whether or not it helps or hinders, but it sure looks cool.
Gaming, Hardware
The Space Race
I've reached my limit with Star Citizen and turn to Elite Dangerous instead.
Gaming, Star Citizen, Editorial, Elite Dangerous
Gearing Up for The Secret World TTRPG
True to form, whenever I write about a position I take, my position changes. Thank Star Anvil for bringing The Secret World to Foundry VTT for that.
Gaming, Ttrpg, The Secret World
Second Looks Matter - Aloft
The demo didn't do it for me, but because I have poor impulse control and more time than I apparently know what to do with, I gave this game another shot, and I am exceedingly glad that I did.
Gaming
Grab Bag for the Week of March 2, 2025
Discord Nitro, a Blender holiday, TTRPG organization with Obsidian, and my customary Star Citizen sign-off in this week's Grab Bag.
Gaming, Star Citizen, Ttrpg, 3D Modeling
Lost Skies Demo
A brief but enjoyable look into the PvE survivalbox successor of Worlds Adrift.
Gaming, Lost Skies
Mind Over Magic - Our First Student
I'm almost ready to wrap up this introductory series to the game as gameplay enters that "stockpile and expand" mode, but today I talk about resources and my first student.
Gaming, Mind Over Magic
Mind Over Magic - Research
Research keeps things moving forward, and provides the school with the things it needs to get on its feet.
Gaming, Mind Over Magic
Mind Over Magic - Our First Build
We're starting with two concerns: a research station, and a place for the school staff to sleep. Let's get building!
Uncategorized, Gaming, Mind Over Magic
Mind Over Magic - First Steps
In this post, we're going to get started by examining the UI and will lay out our first steps for building our new school.
Gaming, Mind Over Magic
Mind Over Magic - Starting a New Game
I figured I'd write down some tips for Mind Over Magic that I'm learning -- slowly and organically -- as I progress. To start: how to start the game!
Gaming, Mind Over Magic
Mind Over Magic
Don't wait for your invitation letter; build your own school of magic! Just don't expect any help in figuring out how to do that, exactly.
Gaming, Mind Over Magic
Random Stuff for February 11, 2025
3D modeling, development slump, reading time, and why aren't I gaming, dammit?!
Gaming, Editorial, 3D Modeling
Star Citizen's Apology Tour
CIG commits to fewer features, more bug fixes in 2025. I'm tired, man, but I have to hold on to hope because what else can I do?
Gaming, Star Citizen
The Invincible
A short (6 hours) narrative experience on a far away planet from the 1960's.
Gaming
Credit Where Credit Might Be Due
CIG's decision to cancel the upcoming free-fly event is wise. VERY wise. But why cancel this time, and what does it and other moves by the company say about the potential future of Star Citizen?
Gaming, Star Citizen, Editorial
Gentrification in Nightingale
I built a new house, moved to the next realm, and hired some NPCs to work my land in my absence.
Gaming, Nightingale
Survivalbox Holiday
Giving Astrometica a go, and lamenting the fact that Nightingale doesn't get more love.
Uncategorized, Gaming, Nightingale, Astrometica
Spectrum Watch: Pushing Pyro
With 4.0 on the EPTU, Spectrum is blowing up with complaints regarding CIG's tactics for getting as many players into Pyro as possible.
Uncategorized, Gaming, Star Citizen
My Very First Expansion
I have finally finished a World of Warcraft expansion campaign.
Uncategorized, Gaming, World Of Warcraft
Nightingale - Realms Rebuilt
Initial thoughts on Nightingale's Realms Rebuilt are positive. The gameplay is intact, but the deck has been shuffled with improvements in some/many/most/all of the systems make the game feel tighter and more focused.
Gaming, Nightingale
Rabbit Holes: Video Editing for Video Games
Video editing is interesting to me -- yet another project I could take on, somehow -- but how does one go about producing an "interesting" video game video?
Gaming
A Returner's Guide to World of Warcraft
This is what happens when too many significant changes happen when you step away, or are just annoyed by change in general.
Gaming, World Of Warcraft
Bay 12, Please: The ARGO ATLS
Finally, Star Citizen gets a mech suit. It's the right time for this variant with "Cargo Empires" but I hope it signals that CIG is getting bandwidth and desire to go back and work on some "legacy" concepts that have seemingly fallen off the planning board.
Gaming, Star Citizen
Another Type of War Within
I felt like writing, so I wrote this.
Gaming, World Of Warcraft, Guild Wars 2
Patient Money
Slow and steady wins the race for those of us who aren't interested in min-maxing our profits, and assuming CIG doesn't reset our progress.
Gaming, Star Citizen
The 3.24 Live Experience
With 3.24 on the live servers, here's a few thoughts on the implementation which removes all roadblocks for CIG to crow about 4.0 and Pyro all the time, every day.
Gaming, Star Citizen
Mobil Gaming We Can All Enjoy
We experienced true mobile gaming yesterday.
Gaming, Editorial
A Lonely Universe: MyDU
I bought, installed, and configured the self-hosted version of Dual Universe so you don't have to -- and believe me, you wouldn't want to.
Gaming
Star Citizen 3.24 PTU - Freight Operations
I ventured into the test servers for a look at freight and inventory updates coming to Star Citizen in the .34 patch...some day.
Gaming, Star Citizen
Creatures of Ava
A Steam NextFest winner, Creatures of Ava is an ecological story, a creature collection game, and a repudiation of humanity's tendency to assume it knows what's best for the Universe.
Gaming, Creatures Of Ava
What Star Citizen Should Take From Elite Dangerous
Just and observation on what Elite Dangerous already offers that Star Citizen could really use.
Gaming, Star Citizen, Elite Dangerous
It's Not All Bad: Power Automate for Screenshots
I found Power Automate on my system this weekend, and while I don't have a lot of use for automation, I wondered if this might help me capture more screenshots of the games I play.
Gaming
Star Citizen: Jump Points
Last week's Inside Star Citizen video covered jump gates, coming to the game with the inclusion of the Pyro system in 4.0. In this post I attempt to distill that video, cover some controversies in the community, and give some thoughts.
Gaming, Star Citizen
Everything, All At Once Human
I really want to like Once Human, but the designers seemed to like the "click button, get reward" mechanic more than the "survival shooter in a technohorror setting" and that saddens and annoys me.
Gaming, Once Human
Once Human, Twice Shy
I haven't spent as much time with Once Human as I have some other recent titles, but once the game clicked with me...I wanted to spend LESS time playing it.
Gaming, Once Human
The First Descendant
It's finally here! To kick off the release of The First Descendant, I've written this wall of text on my thoughts and some information for those who are curious about the game.
Gaming, The First Descendant
Grab Bag for June 27, 2024
Arbitrary updates on games, software, and projects here at Chez Scopique.
Gaming, Development, Once Human, 3D Modeling, X Series, The First Descendant
X4: Meeting In The Middle
No is more surprised than I am that I've actually found some footing in an X-series game...and have finally been able to enjoy it while still being confused as hell about it's scope.
Gaming, X Series
X4, Stop Trying to Make Me Hate You
I have tried to figure out the X series of space sims for years, but today, despite bugs and input issues, I managed to make some headway. A good sign? Or is the game just getting my hopes up?
Gaming, X Series
Steam Next Fest 2024: Round 4
This might be my last round this phase. Dungeons of Hinterberg, The Alters, Just Crow Things, Mirthwood, First Dwarf, and Goblin Cleaner.
Gaming, Steam Next Fest
Steam Next Fest 2024: Round 3
Next Fest Batch 3: The last of the city builders, I promise. Citadelum, Republic of Pirates, Node Farm, Mini Settlers, and Ark of Charon
Gaming, Steam Next Fest
Steam Next Fest 2024: Round 1
Day one of the Steam Next Fest provided me with some definite winners and some definite losers. Bloomtown: A Different Story, REKA, Aloft, and Fantastic Haven.
Gaming, Steam Next Fest
Steam Next Fest 2024: Round 2
Round 2 of the Steam Next Fest, 2024! Hollywood Animal, ASKA, Beyond These Stars, and Creatures of Ava. This time, it's mostly hits, a trend I hope is on the upswing.
Gaming, Steam Next Fest
Stuff And Things, Early June Edition
World of Warcraft, Star Citizen, and a whole produce cart of new game announcements courtesy of a week-long online summer game festival
Gaming, Star Citizen, World Of Warcraft
Busy Time with World of Warcraft
WoW offers the exact amount of effort I seem to want to put into an activity when I get bored, and as someone who considers the game an acquaintance and not really a friend, I'm OK with this.
Gaming, World Of Warcraft
More Star Citizen 2.23, Now With Extra .1!
New point-release, new feature discussion. An ambulance! Distribution centers! This year's Invictus showroom! And modules!
Gaming, Star Citizen
Star Citizen 3.23
I can't even remember all of the features in 3.23, so here's a few I've personally encountered, as well as a few thoughts on one of the most controversial updates to the game, master modes.
Gaming, Star Citizen
Once Human - A Loss of Control
A stealth survivalbox beta approaches! This "modern supernatural" sandbox could be a contender someday, but it cleaves too close to superior games in similar genres to not illicit disappointment at this stage.
Gaming, Once Human
AFK Journey (Occasionally)
Idle games are usually TOO idle for me to remember to check in on them, but the new AFK Journey adds a real CRPG on top of the AFK part, making for a suitably engaging idle experience.
Gaming, Afk Journey
Home on the Range with Lightyear Frontier
Lightyear Frontier was topping my Steam Next Fest wish-list, and it's now available in EA. If you like faming sims, this might appeal to you, but if you are looking to enact violence on alien species, maybe Helldivers 2 is more your speed.
Gaming, Lightyear Frontier
Short-Attention-Span Theater
Packing things up once more on the lookout for new games to play.
Gaming, Nightingale
Always On - Live Service Games
I don't have a beef with live service games where being always on makes sense. I do have a beef with claims that games live or die based on whether they include live service or not.
Gaming, Editorial