Category: Editorial
Social Sabbatical and Freeing Up Time
Scopique
July 13, 2020
About a week ago, I decided to stop opening Twitter. I had no intention of making this a permanent practice, nor was I aiming to be one of those “I cut social media out of my life and now I feel so…
History Repeats – Crayta
Scopique
June 30, 2020
Somewhere in the corners of the Internet where trolls like to fling their poo lies Stadia, Google’s cloud gaming platform. The service has a dedicated fan-base, as any tech or product does, and it has its detractors, but at least in my…
Your Own Private Idaho – A Community Streaming Platform
Scopique
June 23, 2020
Every now and then Twitter works as a source of discussion, and today’s discussion was about alternatives to Twitch, YouTube, or Facebook in the wake of Mixer’s shut-down-and-sell-out announcement. I mentioned in my previous post how the death of Microsoft-backed Mixer bodes…
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 yesterday on Twitter so I won’t go over the sarcastic responses again. Instead, we need to consider how bad this is for everyone, regardless…
A Week of Worldbuilding
Scopique
June 18, 2020
I have learned that there is such a thing as “creative fatigue”. As exciting as it can be to get down to business when you have a great idea overflowing with possibilities, there comes that time when you need to put pen…
Space Games With Friends
Scopique
May 26, 2020
This post brought to you by @4robertanderson, @pasmith, @mindstrike, and @dusty_monk. As 4robertanderson pointed out on Twitter, there’s a whole lot of co-op games in almost every genre except space-faring sci-fi. We’re drowning in high fantasy MMOs and running to stay ahead…
Our Opinions Matter: Consumers and Corporate Bickering
Scopique
March 5, 2020
I agree 100% with Bel’s point, and also on how hard it is to talk about this — or certain aspects of this — without devolving into an angry rant. This dust-up between Nvidia and certain dev/pubs — playing out in a…
Stories of Days Gone By
Scopique
February 7, 2020
Back in junior high, before computers were as ubiquitous as they are now, I took a class about how to use them. Yes, kids, there was a time when people had to be taught how to use a computer. I mean, I…
To Some of the Games I’ve Loved Before
Scopique
January 23, 2020
What got me thinking about this? Oh! Yeah, I saw some folks talking about Fractured today, which is an MMO that I had heard of but know nothing about. The same can be said for Ashes of Creation, and a few others…