Author Archives: SynCaine

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About SynCaine

Former hardcore raider turned casual gamer.

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 →

Posted in Rant | 12 Comments

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 →

Posted in Random, Rant, Steam Stuff | 3 Comments

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 →

Posted in Random, Rant | 3 Comments

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 →

Posted in Random, Steam Stuff | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in Clash of Clans, MMO design, Random | 5 Comments

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 →

Posted in Kickstarter, Random, Review | 5 Comments

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 →

Posted in Boom Beach, Clash of Clans, Clash Royale, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in EVE Online, Goons | 2 Comments