Star Citizen – Scopique’s

Grab Bag for the Week Ending January 23rd, 2026

Scopique January 23, 2026

Relatively boring week, so you get a relatively boring post. I don't make the rules.

Star Citizen: Big Moves and Small Course Corrections

Scopique January 20, 2026

CIG _seems_ to be making real, solid progress with Star Citizen, but things have looked that way before.

Grab Bag for January 14, 2026

Scopique January 14, 2026

Fan-Trek, Hytale, and the usual Star Citizen heavy-sighs in this week's Grab Bag.

Tea Leaves or Wishful Thinking: Mining in Star Citizen

Scopique January 12, 2026

Using conjecture and complete B.S. I lay out my hopes that mining in Star Citizen might be approaching it's 1.0 state.

Voting on Star Citizen Politics

Scopique January 6, 2026

Space flight and ground combat aren't the only options for simulations in Star Citizen. Maybe add some politics to the mix as well.

Star Citizen: What the Hell is Going on With Engineering?

Scopique December 17, 2025

CIG is patching engineering on the PTU at a furious rate, but the sum total seems to neuter the entire system. What will engineering look like when it finally releases to the public servers?

Grab Bag for Week Ending December 14, 2025

Scopique December 15, 2025

A bit of World of Warcraft, some development and project lamentation, and the usual Star Citizen editorial.

An Update on My Engineering Thoughts

Scopique December 5, 2025

As CIG admits to updating their thinking on what engineering means to Star Citizen, I do as well, allowing us to meet somewhere in the middle.

Star Citizen Grab Bag for Dec 4th, 2025

Scopique December 4, 2025

Mainly I wring hands over the details of the upcoming engineering system.

Fake it While You Make It

Scopique October 27, 2025

Making videos is fun, but I feel that there's something _missing_ that I can't identify.