Star Wars: Zero Company Impressions
Scopique
August 28, 2026
Star Wars: Zero Company is a well made introduction to the world of tactical turn-based squad combat games, featuring a narrative core.
Category: Editorial
Scopique
August 28, 2026
Gamescom 206 Opening Night
Scopique
August 26, 2026
Lightning-round review of some of the trailers from yesterday's Gamescom 2026 opening night revue.
Grab Bag for the Week Ending August 21, 2026
Scopique
August 21, 2026
We got some Stars Reach, some MMOS: MMO Simulator action, a rant about games that are copying The Expanse, and some NICE words about Star Citizen's Siege of Orison this week in the grab bag.
Addressing the Community Site Idea
Scopique
August 12, 2026
My response to comments on "Commune Living" were approaching post-length, so here's some additional aggregated thoughts brought up by those comments.
Commune Living
Scopique
August 11, 2026
Why NOT a blogging mega-site? Maybe it could work, but there are reasons why it wouldn't.
Breakthrough on My Mental Roadblock
Scopique
August 5, 2026
Maybe I'm trying too hard to make everything perfect, when I should be aiming lower. Maybe a lot lower.
Is Instancing a Bad Thing?
Scopique
August 3, 2026
When a sandbox game adds instancing, the community want's to know...
Hostility of the Video Games Space
Scopique
July 7, 2026
Sometimes it feels like video game designs are hostile to players, and sometimes it feels like we players are hostile to ourselves.
From the Armchair: Star Citizen and Instancing
Scopique
June 25, 2026
Instancing content in Star Citizen is currently on the test servers. I've been waiting for this for a long time, but I also feel that I know exactly how CIG can completely drop the ball and make it a complete disaster.
Rising Tides
Scopique
June 24, 2026
When different games in a genre move towards feature parity, we all win.