Author Archives: SynCaine

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About SynCaine

Former hardcore raider turned casual gamer.

Additional thoughts on Enderal

Posted on May 6, 2019 by SynCaine

I’ve been chipping away at Enderal for a bit now, and have seen enough of it to give some initial thoughts. Overall its fantastic and well worth the price (free), but it’s not flawless. Graphically it looks as good as … Continue reading →

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Epic Game Store exclusives walkback

Posted on April 26, 2019 by SynCaine

Back in December I predicted that one of the differentiator points Epic was trying to have with its store, the 2 week long return policy, would end up being changed. It then got changed in Jan, to be exactly the … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Rant, Steam Stuff | 2 Comments

Battle Brothers next expansion out May 9th!

Posted on April 19, 2019 by SynCaine

Obviously buying this the first day I can, as Battle Brothers has quickly become one of my favorite games in recent years. This expansion adds a lot of great stuff, including different options and rule-sets to start a game, a … Continue reading →

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CR: Trophy Road is a good addition to the game

Posted on April 15, 2019 by SynCaine

A big update has hit Clash Royale, bringing a new card (earthquake), balance changes, and some upcoming game modes. The biggest addition IMO is the introduction of “Trophy Road”, which adds rewards as you move up in trophy ranks. The … Continue reading →

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CoC:Pay to get it now

Posted on April 11, 2019 by SynCaine

Small item for today, but I thought it was kind of brilliant. In Clash of Clans, the last updated added seasons, where for $5 you get additional rewards for completing tasks (if you don’t pay you still get some rewards … Continue reading →

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Enderal: Forgotten Stories is where I want Steam to go

Posted on April 8, 2019 by SynCaine

I downloaded the standalone Skyrim mod Enderal: Forgotten Stories this weekend. I’m not too far into it yet, but so far I like what I’ve seen, and reminds me what an enjoyable experience playing Skyrim is. What I’m most impressed … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Steam Stuff, The Elder Scrolls Online | 5 Comments

Finally got that tenth rat

Posted on April 3, 2019 by SynCaine

Zubon from KTR is retiring from blogging, and our little corner of the internet gets a bit smaller. As I wrote in the comments on that blog, much of what he wrote is exactly how I feel about things now. … Continue reading →

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Season Passes are the new hotness, and I’m OK with that

Posted on March 25, 2019 by SynCaine

I’ve always been a fan of the subscription model vs cash shops in games. Back in the day this conversation was limited to MMOs, but today basically everything uses some hybrid model, either starting with F2P or a box+shop/dlc. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans, League of Legends, PUBG, Rant, RMT | 9 Comments

Epic Game Store exclusives I actually care about

Posted on March 22, 2019 by SynCaine

In addition to more favorable rates for developers, a big differentiator from Steam for the Epic Games Store is exclusives. Exclusives overall annoy me because I don’t want more Steam-clones to browse, just like I don’t want more Netflix clones … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, Random, Rant, Steam Stuff | 9 Comments

A game about watching paint dry would sell more copies

Posted on March 13, 2019 by SynCaine

I’m going to add another log to the fire that is “Polygon has an article about an indie dev talking about how hard it is to be an indie dev”. I wrote a post about this back in Oct of … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, Random, Rant, Steam Stuff | 10 Comments