Monthly Archives: December 2008

SW:TOR and RMT, awesome!

Posted on December 10, 2008 by SynCaine

Well we can officially move on from this potential MMO baby jesus, looks like SW:TOR is going to have RMT. Sweet, I can’t wait to afk grind sci-fi foozles while chugging $5 xp potions  wearing my $10 hot pink R2D2 … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, Rant, RMT, SW:TOR | 10 Comments

What is raiding in WoW today?

Posted on December 9, 2008 by SynCaine

In somewhat of an odd coincidence, the day Tobold posts about mini-Naxx is also around the time the topic of raiding was brought up in our vent. We were discussing what made raiding fun for us back in vanilla WoW, … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, Rant, World of Warcraft | 22 Comments

Still the players fault…

Posted on December 9, 2008 by SynCaine

Clearly showing that if you don’t hand-hold the players, they won’t get it. To the short bus! Amusingly enough, some still don’t…

Posted in Mass Media, Random, Warhammer Online | 2 Comments

Warhammer has 500k active subs, bored WoW players return.

Posted on December 8, 2008 by SynCaine

Using yesterdays (Sunday, Dec 7) data, WoW is played by 104,255 Xfire users. WAR is played by 4,686. Blizzard reports that WoW has about 11,000,000 active accounts. 11,000,000 / 104,255 = X / 4,686 Fancy kids math…. WAR has 500k … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 21 Comments

Fallout 3, youtube, forums, and RvR.

Posted on December 8, 2008 by SynCaine

So many topics, so little time. Well not really, I have all day, but wall of text crits are not always cool, so I’ll try to be brief with everything. First up, the internet gets butthurt over a youtube video. … Continue reading →

Posted in Console Gaming, Fallout 3, Rant, RvR, Warhammer Online | 4 Comments

Fallout 3 and WAR update, Forsaken/CoW merger.

Posted on December 5, 2008 by SynCaine

Quick Fallout update: It’s still great. Super Mutants with miniguns that sneak up behind you hurt. Random raiders and talon company mercs with sniper rifles are also… interesting. At the same time, taking someone’s head off with a scoped magnum, … Continue reading →

Posted in Patch Notes, RvR, Warhammer Online | 3 Comments

Darkfall, clearly eating babies, news at 11.

Posted on December 3, 2008 by SynCaine

First things first, this is a ‘kettle calling the pot black’ type of post. I know, but that’s the joy of running a one man, type whatever blog. Feel free to skip the post if this somehow raises your blood … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, MMO design, PvP, Rant, World of Warcraft | 27 Comments

WAR 1.06 patch quick thoughts.

Posted on December 2, 2008 by SynCaine

The 1.06 patch notes are out, enjoy the novel. For anyone who tried the patch on test, you know what an improvement 1.06 brings to the combat. Hopefully the transition to live does not affect this. Odder things have happened… … Continue reading →

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Late to the party, my initial thoughts on Fallout 3.

Posted on December 1, 2008 by SynCaine

I’ve finally gotten around to playing Fallout 3, and my god is the game amazing. It just does so many things right, and while it has some flaws, it overall feels just so complete. It’s smart, keeps you guessing, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Console Gaming, Random | 12 Comments