Author Archives: SynCaine

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About SynCaine

Former hardcore raider turned casual gamer.

Digging out of the hole

Posted on March 16, 2013 by SynCaine

Oh EA. Someone has already proven your game can be played offline just fine, yet now you insult the dummies who bought your village simulator AND MMO fans by calling your pile of junk an MMO? Only EA (and maybe … Continue reading →

Posted in Random | 10 Comments

Fallen Enchantress, SimCity, Darkfall, Kickstarter

Posted on March 12, 2013 by SynCaine

I picked up Fallen Enchantress when it was on sale. The main problem I have with the game is it’s not Eador, which is unfair to FE itself but such is life. It’s not bad, and has some interesting systems, … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Random, The Sims 3 | 19 Comments

Forcing the issue

Posted on March 6, 2013 by SynCaine

Yesterday the topic of Origin holding back SimCity and other titles focused on the player’s perspective. Today I want to focus on the devs. Imagine you’re part of the team creating SimCity, and some suit from EA tells you to … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Rant | 20 Comments

Problem at the source

Posted on March 4, 2013 by SynCaine

I consider myself a fan of SimCity in general, and the upcoming release should be on my radar. The game requiring you to log into EA’s Origin is a dealbreaker. No matter how great this new version is, I’m simply … Continue reading →

Posted in Diablo 3, Random | 36 Comments

One additional 2013 prediction

Posted on February 28, 2013 by SynCaine

EVE will shut down in 2013 and CCP will go bankrupt. Moral lock everyone! Mark it down! (Unless they get more government funding and just shut the server down to make money. That could totally work as well. Wikipedia entries … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online | 11 Comments

The good stuffs in the middle

Posted on February 27, 2013 by SynCaine

Let’s talk a little about the history of the mid-game in the MMO genre. IMO the mid-game is the time after you have learned the basics of the game (tutorial or beginning phase), and before you stop progressing or have … Continue reading →

Posted in EQ2, EVE Online, Guild Wars, MMO design, SW:TOR, Ultima Online, World of Warcraft | 12 Comments

Losing your mid-game

Posted on February 21, 2013 by SynCaine

Apologies for the lack of content around here lately, I’m emulating the MMO genre… I continue to play a bit of UO:F, and the server’s skill settings have once again confirmed something I’ve already had confirmed a million times before; … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, Ultima Online | 15 Comments

Be un-massive for a reason

Posted on February 15, 2013 by SynCaine

One of my least favorite parts of blogging is presenting a topic and having people directly apply it to the now. The best example of this is talking about item loss, and having WoW players say it would never work … Continue reading →

Posted in DDO, EVE Online, MMO design, Random, Rant, SW:TOR | 21 Comments

Sky-clone please

Posted on February 14, 2013 by SynCaine

I’ve been playing a good bit of Skyrim: Dawnguard of late. Quality DLC to a game I’m fairly sure I’ll never see all of, even without the recently released DLC Dragonborn. Skyrim will be on my PC for a while, … Continue reading →

Posted in Guild Wars, MMO design, Random, SW:TOR, The Elder Scrolls Online | 14 Comments

Return to sanity

Posted on February 11, 2013 by SynCaine

So this happened over the weekend. Head on over and enjoy, especially the comments section. If you skim, don’t worry, I’ve got a lot of the choice quotes here. On the surface this just sounds like a bitter ex-MMO blogger … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 55 Comments