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Palpable Tension

Scopique July 20, 2021

I’m just writing to report that I am still mired in that weird space between not caring much about any new game that is scheduled to drop, and being faced with several cases where new games or updates to games are scheduled…

The First 25% of Crowfall

Scopique July 11, 2021

After a successful Kickstarter and years of post-MMO-Kickstarter development, Crowfall, the “throne-war simulator” has finally launched. Wait! Come back! I know my audience is primarily PvE players, and Crowfall’s reputation as a PvP game probably means that it’s easily dismissible, but because…

Star Traders: Frontiers

Scopique June 22, 2021

Left to my own devices, I would write a wall of text. When I know that my subject deserves a wall of text, though, I know that I have to keep it simple lest I turn a post into a test of…

Slipways

Scopique June 9, 2021

Slipways is not a 4X game, despite what it might seem when you look at screenshots. I’m not really sure how to classify this game, because on one hand if I were to describe it as a “mobile-esque” game I’d consider that…

Star Citizen – A Bounty-ful Harvest

Scopique May 5, 2021

For all of the time I have been playing in the Star Citizen Alpha, actual space-based dogfighting has been one of the top three activities I have been avoiding (the other two being general FPS and, of course, random PvP, when I…