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.
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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
Drake Ironclad - Too Much Ship For Me
I had a whole lot of plans for owning the Ironclad, but after taking a tour of the ship, I decided it's way to large and way to chaotic for my interests.
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
Mining and Crafting and Decision-Making
The hits just keep on coming. This week's Star Citizen Live addressed many questions the community has about mining and crafting, but the answers seem to have created more concern than comfort.
Star Citizen, Editorial
Squadron 42 Buyback Drama
Is the issue removing a privilege, or in not telling the community the removal was going to happen?
Star Citizen, Editorial
It’s Hard For Me Not To Be A Jerk About This
Dune: Awakening is rolling back claims that PvP was the way the game had to be. Other MMOs seem content to disagree, possibly to their detriment.
Star Citizen, Editorial
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
As Usual, I Jump The Gun
As usual, I have to walk back my hysteria; obtaining quality materials in Star Citizen for crafting isn't as bad as I thought it would be for a solo miner.
Star Citizen
Grab Bag for Week Ending 21 March 2026
The Grab Bag returneth. Digital audio players, music tagging, my first Macbook, and the usual Star Citizen nonsense.
Star Citizen, Hardware, Music
Star Citizen 4.7 PTU
Jumping into the PTU to test inventory, crafting, and material acquisition.
Star Citizen
Star Citizen 4.7 PTU Crafting Update
As a follow-up, I used store bought materials to try my hand at crafting, and here's what I found.
Star Citizen
Embracing the Grind
I'm in the home stretch for completing the Alliance Aid event main track to earn the branded fabricator, despite having done it mostly alone.
Star Citizen
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
Upcoming Crafting Features in Star Citizen
Discussing some concerns and hopes regarding Star Citizen's crafting features, currently in testing.
Star Citizen, Editorial
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
Grab Bag for the Week Ending January 23rd, 2026
Relatively boring week, so you get a relatively boring post. I don't make the rules.
Star Citizen, Editorial, Tv &Amp; Movies
Star Citizen: Big Moves and Small Course Corrections
CIG _seems_ to be making real, solid progress with Star Citizen, but things have looked that way before.
Star Citizen, Editorial
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
Voting on Star Citizen Politics
Space flight and ground combat aren't the only options for simulations in Star Citizen. Maybe add some politics to the mix as well.
Star Citizen, 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
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
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
Grab Bag for Whatever Week This is, 2025
A moment in time, focused on a Raspberry Pi NAS project, The Secret World TTRPG adventure I'm constructing, a game of Satisfactory, and some not-terrible takes on Star Citizen this week.
Star Citizen, Ttrpg, The Secret World, Virtual Table Top, Satisfactory
Grab Bag for the Week Ending August 16, 2025
Yes, Alien: Earth, but also World of Warcraft returns from cryo, a gripe about complex software without instructions, and Star Citizen's 4.3 patch arrives.
Star Citizen, World Of Warcraft, 3D Modeling, Tv &Amp; Movies
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 July 13, 2025
Printing praise, living that beach life on Arrakis, project confessions, resurrecting two legends, and complaining about Star Citizen (again) in this installment of the Grab Bag.
Star Citizen, Hardware, Software, Dune Awakening
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
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
The Space Race
I've reached my limit with Star Citizen and turn to Elite Dangerous instead.
Gaming, Star Citizen, Editorial, Elite Dangerous
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
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
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
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
CitizenCon 2954 - Crafting Loops
Part 1 of x focusing on the new crafting system ! In this post, I review the stated plans for general item crafting.
Uncategorized, Star Citizen, Editorial
CitizenCon 2954 - Beyond Pyro
After the release of 4.0, CIG is aiming to add two more systems: Nyx and Castra, as well as the game's first instanced content zones.
Star Citizen, Editorial
CitizenCon 2954 - Dressed to Kill
This panel was about clothing and armor...and animals. It was basically a catch-all for two subjects which didn't have enough to say for their own extended presentation, but they meshed together nicely in the end.
Star Citizen, Editorial
CitizenCon 2954 - A Social Universe
Star Citizen's social tools...suck. Here's CIG's presentation on how they're making them suck less.
Star Citizen, Editorial
CitizenCon 2954
Welcome to CitizenCon 2954: The Written Recap Series.
Star Citizen, Editorial
CitizenCon 2954 - Brave New Worlds
CitizenCon opens with a frank and intimate look at the birds and the bees...almost literally.
Star Citizen, Editorial
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
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
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
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
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
Best of a Bad Situation: Inventory Management in Star Citizen
Just a little aside on inventory organization ahead of the complete inventory overhaul in Star Citizen.
Star Citizen
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
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