Goodbye, Armistice Zones
Scopique
September 18, 2020
In Star Citizen, CIG has instituted “armistice zones” around important places where players spawn or otherwise visit for…
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September 18, 2020
Core Game Development Platform
You may remember a while back I had…
We’ve Lost More Than Just a Band We Didn’t Know We Had
I wanted to talk a little about this…
Well, I’m Done!
You are looking at the new High King…
Don’t Mess With a Five Year Old
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MMOs
Scopique
August 19, 2020
The massive multiplayer online roleplaying game genre — MMORPG to us old guard, or MMOs to the slightly…
A Beaten Horse – Mixer, Facebook Gaming, and A Shrinking Market
Scopique
June 22, 2020
I’m only beating this horse in order to remain relevant in the moment but I had my say…
Quick Takes – Microsoft PowerToys
I’m following up my previous post by a…
Stories of Days Gone By
Back in junior high, before computers were as…
Games! Games! Games!
A Beaten Horse – Mixer, Facebook Gaming, and A Shrinking Market
I’m only beating this horse in order to remain relevant in the moment but I had…
Space Games With Friends
This post brought to you by @4robertanderson, @pasmith, @mindstrike, and @dusty_monk. As 4robertanderson pointed out on…
Stellar Tactics – Final Impressions
I thought it would be fitting to book-end this series of posts with a “final impressions”…
Stellar Tactics – Drones, Scanning, and Factions
I believe that I’m down to the last three systems that bear mentioning in Stellar Tactics,…
Stellar Tactics – FTL, Mining, and the Galactic Economy
Last night I completed the story mission that had sent me out to obtain a faster…
Astrox Imperium Revisited
I feel that I need to issue a follow-up to my initial impression of Astrox Imperium.…
Motion Graphics and Video
There’s Got To Be A Better Way
So, I got this cylinder, right? This is the top view, by the way. Here, on…
The Cycle Continues: 3D Modeling Edition
So, I’m back to 3D modeling. Being house-bound and working from home, I was perusing my…
Kitbash3D for Cool Cinematographic and Video Game Models
Mindstrike put me on to a site called Kitbash3d. Kitbashing is the practice of taking parts…
Exploding Windows Revisited
I don’t normally re-do my video projects, usually because I’m lazy and often times because my…
Exploding Windows
Explosions are impractical effects for small movie makers and hobbyists like me who need to learn…
Element 3D for After Effects
Rounding out 2019 I spent some collected money on one of my long-term wishlist items, Element…
Development
Discord Bot S.A.D.I. and API Lookups
I mentioned a Discord bot in the last post, and I wanted to cut out all…
Star Citizen Corporations and a Discord Bot
Sit right back and you’ll hear a tale. A tale of a…stream of consciousness. For a…
Cascading Dropdowns with React
Cascading dropdowns is a popular paradigm, especially when dealing with search or filters. The gist is…
Reactionary – Class vs Functional Components with Hooks
Here’s a story about two methods of approaching the same React-based goal. The first concerns class…
Reactionary – Header.js
I’m publishing this one on the heels of the previous post because tomorrow is Saturday and…
React and SignalR
I told myself I wasn’t going to inundate the web with an avalanche of posts today,…