Grab Bag for the Week Ending 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.
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Terminal Illness – Riftborne
I thought Warp to Sector 1 was a throwback. How about a full-featured 4X game played entirely in your native Windows terminal?
I Get By With A Little Help…
Hashtagged for your ignoring pleasure, how I used AI to kickstart my TTRPG idea when I couldn't get my own brain to cooperate.
Proof of Concept – RSS On Steroids
Trying out a concept for a more visual RSS aggregator, but not sure if I care for it now that I see it, or how it works.
Addressing the Community Site Idea
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
Why NOT a blogging mega-site? Maybe it could work, but there are reasons why it wouldn't.
Stay Fresh, Cheesebags – Switching Browsers
Switching browsers for no good reason except that I wanted to.
Breakthrough on My Mental Roadblock
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?
When a sandbox game adds instancing, the community want's to know...
Time Flies Like an Arrow with Tempus Gameit
What the hell am I doing with my life? Tempus Gameit will tell me...with graphs.
The Fleet
I'm currently bored while waiting, so here's a rundown of my Star Citizen fleet as it stands in the middle of 2026.