Monthly Archives: June 2017

Dying Light review

Posted on June 29, 2017 by SynCaine

And now, we move on to a game I bought during the Steam sale that I am fully enjoying; Dying Light. It’s an action-combat parkour zombie sandboxy game, so super original and exciting! Kidding aside, Dying Light really is fantastic, … Continue reading →

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Rocket League is as boring as soccer

Posted on June 29, 2017 by SynCaine

Can someone explain to me why Rocket League is fun? I picked the game up via Steam sale, but I can’t figure out where the fun is, so I need some help here. I find soccer cripplingly boring, both to … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Rant, Steam Stuff | 9 Comments

Convoy Review

Posted on June 26, 2017 by SynCaine

I picked up Convoy during the Steam summer sale, because a game you have had your eye on dropping to $3 is kinda hard to pass up. I always see Convoy compared to Faster Than Light (FTL), but for me … Continue reading →

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Today I am officially old

Posted on June 20, 2017 by SynCaine

No, it’s not my birthday, thanks for asking. This article at Polygon has the top 10 influential gamers list, and I’ve heard of exactly zero of them. The comments on the article echo my feelings; its a generational gap thing, … Continue reading →

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Revisiting Beholder

Posted on June 20, 2017 by SynCaine

I’ve started playing Beholder again, a title I last blogged about in Nov of 2016. I liked a lot of what the game did back then, but found it a little too brutal. Surprise, (note: not a surprise at all … Continue reading →

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Battle Brothers development has come to an end

Posted on June 16, 2017 by SynCaine

My last post talked about the regret of playing a game before all of its content, including DLC, was release. In this post, I complain about the exact opposite, because gamers are children… Battle Brothers, which you should already own … Continue reading →

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New Tyranny content I’ll never see

Posted on June 14, 2017 by SynCaine

Tyranny has new content available today, including a free patch and paid DLC. The free patch adds newgame+ mode, among other changes. The DLC is additional side story content, along with new background quests for a few companions. Both of … Continue reading →

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Wrapping up with Rimworld

Posted on June 12, 2017 by SynCaine

I believe I’m done with Rimworld for now, having ‘beaten’ the game by constructing a ship and sending some people off into space. Some final thoughts below. Overall, it’s still a game I would highly recommend, as I had close … Continue reading →

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Trashfire, elves, builders, and blindness

Posted on June 6, 2017 by SynCaine

Collection of thoughts blog: The cover of PCGamer has a line about Destiny 2 coming to the PC, and how it will be the savior of the MMO genre. What’s sadder: that Destiny 2, a game that isn’t really an … Continue reading →

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