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Stick and Rudder: On CitizenCon day two, Star Citizen talked MMO design and full 1.0 release
Sure, we've had one day of CitizenCon, but what about second day? The weekend event for the 12 year-old sci-fi sandbox Star Citizen has...
Stick and Rudder: Star Citizen talks tools, gear, social features, and Squadron 42 at CitizenCon day one
It's that time of year again for fans and followers of Star Citizen to come together in-person and digitally to see what's next in...
Stick and Rudder: Elite Dangerous’ Type-8 Update engineering revamp saved the game
While the latest content update to Elite: Dangerous was called the Type-8 Update, what it really should have been called is the Engineering Reborn...
Stick and Rudder: So let’s talk about those Elite Dangerous pre-built ships
Over the past couple of days, I've been watching and writing about the fun little tire fire that Elite: Dangerous ignited when it announced...
Stick and Rudder: Chronicling CIG’s naked hostility toward Star Citizen’s long-time backers
Earlier this week, Cloud Imperium creative content lead Jared Huckaby stopped the focus of a Star Citizen Live showcase to very grumpily look through...
Stick and Rudder: The year that was in Elite Dangerous, from self-owns to sloppy updates to slight hope
To say that Elite: Dangerous had a rough 2022 is putting it mildly (and pretty much dismisses the nuance this retrospective hopes to provide)....
Stick and Rudder: Everything we learned from Star Citizen’s CitizenCon 2022 presentations
I've lost five hours so you don't have to.
This year's CitizenCon event for Star Citizen was definitely something, and while a great deal of...
Stick and Rudder: Venturing into EVE Online’s nullsec
EVE Online is a game that offers many experiences, from NPC faction warfare to harvesting, refining, and building to market speculation. But the one...
Stick and Rudder: ‘Robin Hood’ scammer claims he robbed rich EVE Online corp of $100 billion ISK
EVE Online is a game that will certainly go down in MMO history as one of the most fascinating studies on human behavior to...
Stick and Rudder: So you’ve completed the EVE Online tutorial – now what?
Since rejoining the player ranks of EVE Online, I’ve noticed a common sentiment from fellow newbies: Most agree that the environment is beautiful, the...
Stick and Rudder: Giving EVE Online another shot
I’m not really sure how to break this to you, dear reader, so I’ll just come out and say it. Oh rats, you already...
Stick and Rudder: Some thoughts on Chris Roberts’ annual Star Citizen address
As many of our readers are familiar by now, Chris Roberts has put out his annual Letter from the Chairman for the Star Citizen...
Stick and Rudder: Using No Man’s Sky Outlaws as a way to fill the space sandbox void
Hello Games just keeps on proving itself over and over again. That's been the overall reaction whenever No Man's Sky makes an update from...
Stick and Rudder: Revisiting 12-year-old MMO Star Trek Online
Star Trek Online is an MMO released during the height of the “let’s grab an existing IP and make it into an MMO” craze...
Stick and Rudder: Checking up on Elite Dangerous Odyssey after eight updates
When I originally wrote my impressions about Elite Dangerous: Odyssey earlier this year, I noted that the game was broken, but broken could be fixed....
Stick and Rudder: Recapping everything Star Citizen showed at the latest CitizenCon
The digital CitizenCon event has, for all intents and purposes, come and gone, lining up a series of seven different video panels that were...
Stick and Rudder: Gaining traction as a newbie in EVE Online
EVE Online has a reputation for being difficult for new players. The varied, complex systems, some of which are a product of the era...
Stick and Rudder: Trying EVE Online as a new player in 2021
It’s not often one has the opportunity to step into a bit of MMO history and do so with a fresh set of eyes...
Stick and Rudder: Launch impressions of Elite Dangerous Odyssey
On June 3rd, 2020, Frontier Developments made an announcement that had fans of the Elite franchise excited for new possibilities. After decades of being...
Stick and Rudder: Elite Dangerous Odyssey is not bad, but it is broken
All right. I get it. I understand. The Elite: Dangerous community is pretty rancorous right now, and I can't say that I blame them....
