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For My Father

Scopique December 31, 2021

My father passed away in 2019, one day after his birthday at the age of 78. He had been a smoker for most of his life but had quit in the early 2000’s when my mother was diagnosed with cancer. It was…

Abbreviated The Game Awards 2021

Scopique December 10, 2021

I am one of those who will admit at the drop of a hat how much I dislike awards shows, but considering that The Game Awards is more like a parade of game announcements with a few awards thrown in just so…

What The Hell Happened To Crowfall?

Scopique September 23, 2021

This is kind of a “part two” to my previous post, “Wrong Eggs in Wrong Baskets” because that title implied multiples and I only talked about one game and one situation. I had intended to shoehorn the Saga of Crowfall into that…

Wrong Eggs In Wrong Baskets

Scopique September 23, 2021

I don’t really MMO any more. I used to with alarming frequency, and at one point had been able to call myself primarily an “MMO blogger”, but over time I’ve lost interest in the genre. I have a partial ear to the…

How Much Is a Voice Worth?

Scopique August 5, 2021

Friends, I am having trouble writing this post, which means if you see it, it’s probably a poorly written missive that only digs deep enough to allow me to call it “content”. Something that’s always on my mind is the value of…

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…