Author Archives: SynCaine

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About SynCaine

Former hardcore raider turned casual gamer.

DarkFall in-game reaction to Eurogamer.

Posted on May 6, 2009 by SynCaine

Silly sandbox…

Posted in Darkfall Online, Mass Media, Random | 6 Comments

FreeRealms: Gay Simulator, 2/10 score after 20+ hours played.

Posted on May 6, 2009 by SynCaine

I want to write a bit more about the whole Eurogamer ‘review’ of DarkFall, because I feel some people are missing exactly why this is not just ‘someone not liking your game’, but actually a much more damaging two pages … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, FreeRealms, Mass Media, MMO design, Rant | 22 Comments

That awesome DF review? It gets better!

Posted on May 6, 2009 by SynCaine

Continuing to dig the hole a bit deeper, the fine folks at Eurogamer posted this response to their award-winning journalism. Tasos responds here. Aventurine 2, trash website 0. I can’t imaging what Eurogamer is going to do with their second … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Mass Media | 12 Comments

The worlds most accurate DarkFall review!

Posted on May 5, 2009 by SynCaine

First, go read this fine piece of gaming journalism. Done? Amazing right, I mean that guy has the game down to the minor details, everyone quit DarkFall NOW!! . . . Oh now wait, it seems Tasos from Aventurine did … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Mass Media | 40 Comments

DarkFall: Siege fail

Posted on May 4, 2009 by SynCaine

Ah poor planning, how costly it can be. Our second siege as an alliance took place Sunday, and it did not go well. We had a good turnout of perhaps 50-70 members, the rest of the server seemed to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, PvP | 9 Comments

DarkFall patch: PvE love

Posted on May 1, 2009 by SynCaine

While I have yet to really comment on a DarkFall patch, today’s update and design note are a bit more than the usual “fixed some bugs, changed a few % for skill X”. The design note is aimed at new, … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, MMO design, Patch Notes, PvP | 7 Comments

“You gotta keep em separated”

Posted on May 1, 2009 by SynCaine

Lum has a post up today breaking down a recent Bartle presentation about game design. F13 community quotes are included in the post, and Lum’s conclusion is that we should be discussing how to merge the gamer-types playing WoW with … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, MMO design, World of Warcraft | 7 Comments

Home court advantage in DarkFall

Posted on April 30, 2009 by SynCaine

I was hoping that after this past weekend, I was going to have a post about our planned siege in DarkFall to capture a local hamlet. Unfortunately the day before our planned siege was the day the Cold War broke, … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, PvP | 6 Comments

More FreeRealms price wondering

Posted on April 29, 2009 by SynCaine

Just to follow up on the FreeRealms post below, how many of you are going to PAY for FR? I see a ton of people say they will try it, but I’m not hearing a whole lot of talk about … Continue reading →

Posted in FreeRealms | 9 Comments

FreeRealms from a distance.

Posted on April 28, 2009 by SynCaine

While I personally have zero interest in playing FreeRealms myself (shocker I know), I am interested to see how it all plays out for SOE given some of FR’s design decisions. FR all along has been marketed as a kid-friendly … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, FreeRealms, MMO design, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 14 Comments