A few days ago, Stars Reach released it’s oft’ delayed 27th pre-alpha test update. I completely missed that original update, since it happened without any prior announcement. When I went to bed, no...

I swear, I had zero intention or plan of writing another blog post on this topic. (Well it’s not exactly the same topic…). These words just wanted out, and so I started typing what I believed could...

I recently wrote a blog post on Tutorials in general, as well one chapter of a blog post on specifically the new tutorial area of Stars Reach (an in-development social sandbox MMORPG by Raph Koster...

Welcome to the 26th pre-alpha test report on Stars Reach, the currently in development new social sandbox MMORPG by Raph Koster! The newest update patch landed yesterday, on January 22nd and it is...

Whenever a new player first encounters a game they have never played before, there is a certain initial hurdle to overcome. If the learning curve hits you like a wall, or you are just unable to adj...

The hooby.blog went live on the 25th of January, 2025. But it did so with a number of pre-existing posts, dating back several months. When I rewrote those prior postings into blog posts, I kept the...

The way that elecricity and electronics work means, that ultimately all the power that a computer consumes is converted into heat. That mans, that while your PC is sucking 700 Watts from the wall, ...

The Stars Reach pre-alpha playtest just got updated with the long-awaited graphical changes that include the new shaders, the new global illumination and volumetric fog. We’ve seen a few teases, sc...

It’s time to take a look at the newest patch update for Stars Reach: the GovBot update, or as I prefer to call it: the grind update. The new patch rolled out last Thursday, the 13th of November 202...

Most massively multiplayer video games do feature some form of trade and an ingame market to facilitate it. This is typically called a “virtual economy”, although I hope we all can agree that there...