Am I just mentioning my ship becuase I love the name? Yes, that's exactly what I'm doing With the 2 Dec update having just been released, I decided to have another go at on foot combat (having never really got into it the first time round). As you can see, I need some practice!
It may be a bit into January by the time you see this, but whilst I have a minute here and there, figured I'd say hallo again! So this is my "plan" for 3311, and what I hope the year holds in store.
Frontier Unlocked revealed the plans for this year, and its fair to say they've got everyone very excited! So join me as I recap Elite's plan for 2025.
The EDDN - or to give it its full name: the Elite Dangerous Data Network - is a relay that takes journal data from commanders, and passes it on to 3rd party apps. In this article, I will be exploring how it works, and why its really useful!
Before I start this post, a few notes: 1. because of the sheer complexity of the Stellar Forge, this will be split into two or three posts, 2. I've tried to write this in non-geek speak, but am more than happy to explain stuff if people want & 3. I will probably get something wrong! Feel free to correct me below :) With that done, lets get going.
I recently discovered that you can emulate most of the old elite franchise on modern hardware, and since I wasn't around for most of the franchise's history, I thought I'd take a look. This post will be a combination guide and thoughts, enjoy!
Just About1 first partnered with Elite about 8 months ago, and I'll admit I was sceptical. So in this post, I'll be going through who they are, why I was nervous & how do I think it has turned out?2
This year, SpecialEffect are running their 10K Your Way campaign - where they encourage commanders to do 10k of something to raise money for the charity - and I thought I'd take part!
With the imminent Thargoid titan looming over sol, the federation have wisely decided to run away. So what did I do? Grabbed a (newly released for credits) Type-8, stuffed it full of cabins and headed over to Sol.
Out of all of my "Elite V Real Life" posts, this may be the one we are closest to achieving. Whilst gigantic Starports may be a while off, outposts or surface settlements may be more realistic. In this post I'll be showing the scale of stations & comparing some of the tech used in them to modern day tech.
Many of us - including myself - play elite at the end of a long day, so for this post I will be exploring the less stressful aspects of the game. So sit back, relax & enjoy!
Before last week, I hadn't done any on foot combat, and only had a laser rifle and a Artemis suit. So me & a friend decided to have a go at it! This is how it went:
After following Starship Simulator on Twitter for faaar too long, I decided to try the demo (having missed the kickstarter 🙄). And it looks promising! So in this post, I'll be walking through my experience of the demo!
I have absolutely no idea how to start this post off: to the extent where it's been sitting in the 'do it soon™️' ideas pile for a fair few weeks. But with the Mandalay nearly here, I suppose now is as good a time as ever!
A few weeks ago, I had a particularly nerdy video appear on my YouTube feed. It was a 1-Hour talk from 2015 on how they made the multiplayer in Elite. SO this got me thinking two things:
This week I decided that I probably needed a home station, instead of having my ships & modules scattered throughout the galaxy. So in this article, I will be exploring what you might need from a station, and where it may be.
This Thursday I opened my phone to Thargoids at Jameson! Thargoids anywhere is generally a bad thing, let alone at the centre of the bubble. In this article, I'll be explaining my thoughts on my first AX.
Elite - as you can probably tell - holds a dear place in my heart. Over the 40 years since the groundbreaking release of the original elite, it has maintained a strong community. In this article, I will show you why it means so much to me, & what I hope the future will hold.
Just this Wednesday on their "Frontier Unlocked" stream, FDEV announced the latest in the new ship lineup: the Mandalay. It look like a cross between a jet fighter & a an eagle... and I already want one!
You lot liked my last post then! So much so that I had a message from the wonderful CMDR Razzafrag suggesting that I take a look at the science behind the FSD. So the following was written as I was researching this - give or take a typo. Enjoy!
Surprisingly enough it was an episode of Top Gear that sparked the idea for this article. I was re-watching an old (2005!) episode where they were getting all excited over a new 300mph car1 and thought "That's pretty fast! I wonder how fast that is in elite?"
Yes I bought it for Arx, and In this article, I will be going through my thoughts on the 'Early Access' model for new ships in Elite - and what it might mean for the future.
Elite: Dangerous is not known to be an easy game, and unfortunately this often leads to the (dreaded) grind. In this article I will be exploring the causes, symptoms and potential solutions to this fundamental issue.
Hallo all! A short one from me this week, because I have updated the site! A few things have changed:
For those of you who have a life don't know what honeypots are, they're a (fake) server (usually web or ssh) that lures in hackers and keeps them busy. In this post I will be explaining how they work, and how to set up your own one.
'What If' answers many of the stranger questions sent to Randall Munroe from readers of his web comic XKCD. In this article I will be explaining why I love this book, and why I think it works so well!
Despite how it might look, I haven't gone mad (not more than normal anyway). No, this article is about my battle against error codes - and internet connected teapots.
In this article I will be deconstructing VPN companies claims, and explaining what a VPN is. In fact, let's start with that.
Elite Dangerous is excellent for getting started with programming, as seen by the sheer number of tools the community have created for this game. In this article I will be walking you through the basics of reading events, so lets dive in!
Now anyone who has read my review of Elite: Dangerous probably know I am obsessed with it! In this article I will be showing you the very best of my travels - and some tips I have learnt along the way.
Microsoft Edge has a very bad reputation withing the tech community, so I decided to do the obvious: try the browser that everyone says is terrible. In this article I will show you what I have found - and why I'm staying.
The Elite series has been running since the 1980s, and are all set in the Elite Galaxy, a one-to-one scale of our very own milky way. Elite 4 - aka Elite Dangerous - is the very latest in the series, having been released in 2014. In this article I will explore what makes Elite so special & unique - and what is coming next for this game.
It's a common story: "google is getting worse these days". With the not-so-recent invention of SEO optimisation, the web has become filled with SEO spam. In this article, I will be showing you what is going on, and how you can get more out of your search.
As you could probably tell in my last Cloudflare article, I really like what they do. So, in this article, I will be showing you one of the most helpful tools I have seen in a while: Cloudflare tunnels!
"Once a new technology rolls over you, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road."
Many people start streaming or making YouTube videos with theses grand ideas in mind. But the content creation space is as competitive as ever, as I have found out. In this article I will be going over the mistakes & lessons I have learnt from streaming.
Trackers, ads and the infamous Facebook pixel are becoming an all-too-common part of our lives. But these companies need to make money! In this article I will go over the morals of adblockers.
Cloudflare workers follow a similar pattern to Heroku, Vercel and many others. So, what sets them out from the rest? In this guide series I will be taking you through how to make the best of this awesome tool.
When you think of a cookie, what do you picture? Various news sites slamming you with 'We care about your privacy' popups? The fright on your face when you see the number of cookies set by various different providers per site? Or - yes, we forgive you - a chocolate-chip-filled circular biscuit waiting for you beside your mug of tea.
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With the recent news of lastpass hacks and the ever growing threats of cyber attacks, a secure place to store your passwords is essential. Bitwarden, seen by many as a industry leading company, has an open-source server for you to host yourself!
Rainmeter is arguably one of the best tools for decorating your windows desktop. Initially released in 2001 by Kimmo 'Rainy' Pekkola, it now has a community of tens of thousands of skins, widgets and more!
So, you you want to stream games? This 3 part guide will help you to choose what platform & stream site to choose, how to set up OBS, and how to keep your stream safe.
The Linux command line can be a powerful tool if you know how to use it. In this tutorial, I will show you how to update your machine, secure it with a firewall & show you some handy tips for making your life easier!
You might have seen recently, that Microsoft are re-branding office as Microsoft 365. But what does this change mean for you? In this quick guide I will be taking you though the changes and what you might need to do.