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Weekend Update – Jan 25, 2020

Scopique January 27, 2020

Star Citizen 3.8.1 In its infinite wisdom, CIG dropped the 3.8 patch just before they vacated the offices for the Holiday Break. That meant that anything that was wrong with the game as a result of the patch would have to be…

Counter Culture; Mining Our Own Business

Scopique January 9, 2020

Counter Culture I have been dropping images and text on Twitter about it, but don’t think that I’ve mentioned here that as a result of the sale of my father’s house, we are upgrading our kitchen. Well, it started as the kitchen,…

Shadow.Tech Remote Game Streaming

Scopique December 27, 2019

With all the opinions floating around regarding upstart game delivery systems like Google Stadia and Microsoft’s Project xCloud, it’s easy to overlook Shadow.Tech, a streaming service that’s been around for a few years and which actually offers the kind of experience that…

S.A.D.I. Discord Bot Update

Scopique December 13, 2019

I’ve reached a milestone with the S.A.D.I. Discord bot, so its development is going on hold for the remainder of the year. Database Woes I ended up spending too much time fiddling with the database construct so I kicked it all to…

Crime and Punishment in Star Citizen

Scopique December 4, 2019

Thanks, @pasmith, for putting us on this path to looking at crime and punishment in Star Citizen. Foreword: Compensation for Lost Goods One of the (many) overarching questions folks have is how Star Citizen will deal with the fact that a ship…

Star Citizen Corporations and a Discord Bot

Scopique November 26, 2019

Sit right back and you’ll hear a tale. A tale of a…stream of consciousness. For a while now I have been contemplating leaving or at maybe downgrading my membership in my Star Citizen corporation. I have to say, they are an amazing…

Star Citizen, Quantum, and a Dynamic Universe

Scopique November 25, 2019

The CitizenCon live stream is a mass of continuous video which makes it difficult to pull out specific panels, so on Sunday morning, I jumped over at The N00bifier’s channel for a recording of the “Building a Universe” presentation. I keep saying…

CitizenCon 2949 – Keynote

Scopique November 25, 2019

CitizenCon 2949 was this Saturday and like all good conventions started with the keynote, which this year was broken out into two sessions — one in the morning and one in the evening. Here are some of the highlights. The Bad News…

The Upgrade Game in Star Citizen

Scopique October 23, 2019

I know I’ve said it before, but I am not a “details guy” when it comes to gaming. I contrast this to the Wooly Belghast who seems to be a Destiny savant when it comes to all of the gear which that…

No Man Left Behind; We’re All Wizards Now

Scopique October 17, 2019

No Man Left Behind Star Citizen continues to make headway, although not as quickly as many people would like. The recent 3.7 patch introduced several new features like caves, ship rentals, and other quality of life improvements. On its face, there’s really…