Monthly Archives: May 2017

Strangers and a mass grave

Posted on May 31, 2017 by SynCaine

Two fun items from Rimworld that just happened. Near my starting position there was a large sealed off chamber. When I dug one square away from the inner wall, a warning came up about an ancient evil possibly residing inside. … Continue reading →

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Rimworld review (alpha 17)

Posted on May 30, 2017 by SynCaine

Sorry for the lack of posting here of late, I had 2-3 posts in draft form and they just never came together. I’ll likely combine them into one “update on games I’m playing” post ‘soon’. Anyway, today lets talk about … Continue reading →

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CoC: Yo dawg, we heard you liked CoC, so we put CoC in your CoC!

Posted on May 23, 2017 by SynCaine

The big update to Clash of Clans is out, and its an interesting one. In short, you now have a second base to build that has new rules, including how attacking works. Its almost like SuperCell created a sequel to … Continue reading →

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EVE: Fun over ISK/hr

Posted on May 19, 2017 by SynCaine

Having the super carrier to rat in has changed my perspective on a lot of things related to ISK, because when you have a tool that can fairly easily generate you 300m+ ISK an hour, most other ISK-making activities just … Continue reading →

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Investing in Pillars of Eternity 2 for fun and (hopefully) profit

Posted on May 15, 2017 by SynCaine

Back in January I posted about the Pillars of Eternity 2 funding campaign on Fig, which ultimately ended up at 400% of its requested funding. Along with asking for money straight up, Fig also allows you to buy shares at … Continue reading →

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The Division, Grim Dawn, and mobile games

Posted on May 10, 2017 by SynCaine

A random collection of thoughts about games, here goes. The Division was free last weekend on Steam, and I played it for about an hour. It was… fine? Good graphics and setting, but I failed to really see the point … Continue reading →

Posted in Boom Beach, Clash of Clans, Clash Royale, EVE Online, Goons, PvP, Random, Uncategorized | 11 Comments

Wake up and sell some PLEX

Posted on May 9, 2017 by SynCaine

Today is patch day in EVE, with one of the major items being the conversion of one old plex into 500 new plex. All market orders for the old plex were cancelled by CCP, so as soon as the server … Continue reading →

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The problem with eternal Early Access

Posted on May 2, 2017 by SynCaine

PC Gamer recently had a good article about Survival games (ARK, Rust, etc) almost never making it out of Steam’s Early Access, whether or not that was the correct use of the system, and if overall that’s a problem. The … Continue reading →

Posted in ARK, MMO design, Rant, Steam Stuff | 11 Comments