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Intensity Versus Patience

Scopique April 9, 2021

Last night I was sitting around, looking through my Steam and Epic libraries for the 15th time in two days in the hope that something would catch my eye. I have not been gaming as of late; I have Star Citizen and…

Guilded – Are We REALLY Doing This Again?

Scopique March 31, 2021

I could sit here and recount my feelings on the rumor that Microsoft is thinking about acquiring a few million gamer accounts by purchasing Discord for a supposed $10 billion dollars, but I won’t do that since The Eloquent Belghast has written…

Waiting for the Next Big Thing Might Not Be The Issue

Scopique February 9, 2021

I read an article at PCGamer entitled “I’m tired of waiting for the next big MMO” and it hit me hard because in reading the article I realized that the man the author was talking about used to be me. I used…

Grab bag for…What day is it?

Scopique December 9, 2020

I don’t know why I ended up here. I had opened several browser windows and apparently this was one of them. Using my sensitive dowsing powers, I was drawn here for…some reason. I don’t think I have much to say, and only…

The Mandalorian Makes Me Appreciate Star Wars

Scopique November 14, 2020

Talking about Star Wars is like putting a political sign in your yard: you’re bound to get some crazy in your face no matter what your position. Back when I was a kid, had seen the original trilogy about 35 times in…

Death of a Spaceman Addresses the Wrong Problem

Scopique November 2, 2020

Last week’s Star Citizen’s “Calling All Devs” video chatted with Richard Tyrer of the core gameplay group and Chris Roberts of Chris Roberts fame about a concept called “Death of a Spaceman“. Published way back in 2013 — which should show how…

Discord Sucks, Adapt or Die, and Learning is Going To Hell

Scopique September 21, 2020

I’ve been trying to learn about the Core game platform for the past week. I’ve spawned copies of some complex games made by Manticore and have gone through each element, checking out the properties and, if relevant, the scripts associated with them.…

We’ve Lost More Than Just a Band We Didn’t Know We Had

Scopique September 14, 2020

I wanted to talk a little about this documentary that I found yesterday. It’s about a rock band called Halyx, created by Disney in the early 80’s, featured at it’s California park for a single summer engagement, and then never heard from…

MMOs

Scopique August 19, 2020

The massive multiplayer online roleplaying game genre — MMORPG to us old guard, or MMOs to the slightly less old guard, or World of Warcraft to the kids — is alive and well. It’s also dormant. It’s also dead. Like almost anything,…

The Satisfyingly Unsatisfactory Approach of Planning It All Out First

Scopique August 9, 2020

I don’t know why, but I was struck with a bit of inspiration while kicking back and doing absolutely nothing yesterday afternoon (literally: I was at my desk, feet up, contemplating a nap). As you might know, I have been semi-obsessed (semi…