Monthly Archives: June 2010

Warhammer 40k MMO trailer

Posted on June 15, 2010 by SynCaine

In the grim darkness of the far future… you can look forward to the accessible achievement of facerolling the neon-shaded butchery of the 40k IP. Hey look, a 40k mod for WoW! Seriously, for a game with “Dark Millennium” in … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, Random, Rant | 23 Comments

Two games you should be playing right now

Posted on June 15, 2010 by SynCaine

Indie-game update time! Inquisition has been exposed to Eschalon, and some heavy hours have been put into the game as they too have been sucked in. As I said before, if you love old school RPGs, this one is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Inquisition Clan, PvP, Random | 9 Comments

DarkFall Community Publisher update #3

Posted on June 14, 2010 by SynCaine

It’s been a while since I’ve posted an updated on the Community Publisher program for DarkFall, mostly because nothing really noteworthy has happened concerning it until today. Sales slowed a bit after March, which seems like a rather random time … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Mass Media, Site update, World of Warcraft | 3 Comments

This. Is. Darkfall!

Posted on June 11, 2010 by SynCaine

No matter how I write this post it won’t do justice to what happened last night. Last night was, without a doubt, the most fun I’ve had in an MMO in a long, long time. And not only was it … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, Darkfall Online, Housing, PvP | 20 Comments

Wizard101 and AoC reviews

Posted on June 10, 2010 by SynCaine

The EG review of Wizard101: Cute and polished, but did we not learn from FF7 that no one wants to watch the same overextended summoning animation after the 10th time? Bonus points for making the first battle seem like I … Continue reading →

Posted in Age of Conan, Mass Media, MMO design, Wizard101 | 8 Comments

Anyone playing Mortal Online?

Posted on June 9, 2010 by SynCaine

Mortal Online went live today, and while I don’t have plans to play it, I’m certainly interested in seeing how it goes  and what players think. Has anyone seen any good posts about how launch is going or some early … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Random, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 6 Comments

Guild Wars fail

Posted on June 9, 2010 by SynCaine

The quest to find an MMO to play with Aria has hit another snag. In short, here is how Aria views Guild Wars “go kill plants, kill more plants, then more plants. We do the same thing every time”. Granted … Continue reading →

Posted in Aion, Allods Online, Combat Systems, DDO, EQ2, Guild Wars, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, Site update, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 35 Comments

You can’t just DDO LoTRO

Posted on June 8, 2010 by SynCaine

Rumor has it something happened with Lord of the Rings Online that sparked some discussion? But before that, this is one the better recent DarkFall videos (really picks up at 30sec), be sure to check it out. Anyway, putting aside … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, DDO, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design | 22 Comments

That oldschool RPG feelin’

Posted on June 7, 2010 by SynCaine

I’ve been playing an oldschool RPG called Eschalon Book 1 by Basilisk Games for a little over a week now and loving every minute of it.  If you ever played any of the original Ultima games, or Might and Magic, … Continue reading →

Posted in Random | 6 Comments

Sounds like DarkFall is shutting down

Posted on June 4, 2010 by SynCaine

I mean look, it was a good run, but you can’t exact something like this to survive long-term when all anyone wants is to log in, trip over an epic, and get an achievement for it. At least they are … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online | 16 Comments