Editorial – Scopique

Make It or Break It – CitizenCon 2953

Scopique August 28, 2023

A quick pass through Spectrum for info on this years CitizenCon left me in a worse state than ever regarding my faith in the future of Star Citizen. CitizenCon 2953 may prove to be the make or break point for the project,…

Gaming Frustration in Middle Age

Scopique August 8, 2023

Getting old sucks, not just because some things are physically more difficult, but because sometimes our favorite hobbies follow a diverging track that makes partaking in them increasingly difficult, mentally.

Nah-lgorithm.

Scopique August 4, 2023

Mastadonians know that "there is no algorithm", which means that engagement lives or dies through each and every one of us.

brown cardboard boxes on brown wooden table

Movin’, Email Edition

Scopique July 27, 2023

Digging myself out of 30 years of accumulated email address use is a massive headache. Learn from my mistake going forward: diversify your email addresses for better organization and maintenance.

Missed it by THAT Much – Technology Could Have Worked FOR Us

Scopique July 25, 2023

In another timeline, technology benefits the consumers and isn't used to trap us into walled gardens. Here, though, we give platforms like Twitter too much credit for how much it cares about us, when the work we did in finding people and…

My Oldest Project

Scopique July 4, 2023

My first programming idea was a TTRPG data "filing cabinet", so I illegally downloaded Visual Basic 6 and proceeded to fail spectacularly at my task. Maybe 30 years later I use my decades of experience to give it another shot.

Beeper: An Elegant IM for a More Civilized Age

Scopique June 2, 2023

Beeper is a modern day Trillium, a way to consolidate several different instant messengers under one central interface. While still in its infancy, it looks promising, and is built on top of the open-source Matrix platform for those who are into those…

The Dark and Whining Road – Hold Up

Scopique May 17, 2023

After actually _tying_ the 3.19 patch, I have to issue a mea culpa: I may have jumped the gun AGAIN. I might just FA&FO for myself over the life of this patch.

The Dark And Winding Road – Star Citizen 3.19

Scopique May 17, 2023

3.19 has arrived, but I'm going to sit this one out in favor of 3.20. Solo mining has been nerfed hard as CIG pushes the disproven narrative that "online games should never be played alone". Obviously, I'm not happy right now, but…

Streaming is Rearing Its Ugly Head Again

Scopique May 3, 2023

My shortest post ever! As much as I am trying to come up with excuses to avoid it, I'm still thinking of a VERY low-key streaming schedule. Why? I HAVE NO IDEA! Well...maybe SOME idea.