Author Archives: SynCaine

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About SynCaine

Former hardcore raider turned casual gamer.

Steam tales: We might not be friends anymore

Posted on January 19, 2015 by SynCaine

There hasn’t been many, but whenever I see someone has purchased H1Z1 on my activity report on Steam, I think a little bit less of that individual. Be better everyone.

Posted in SOE being SOE, Steam Stuff | 5 Comments

Pay to play, pay to spawn item

Posted on January 16, 2015 by SynCaine

One item I want to address today in light of Smed being Smed: Since the beginning of time, you have been able to pay another player real money to get something in a game. In UO I could buy a … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, Rant, RMT, SOE being SOE | 11 Comments

Smed being Smed?

Posted on January 16, 2015 by SynCaine

SOE being SOE is well established, but do we now need a sub-category for them with Smed being Smed? I think we might. I present you exhibit A: “We will NOT be selling Guns, Ammo, Food, Water… i.e. That’s kind … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Rant, SOE being SOE | 9 Comments

CoC: State of the Cream update

Posted on January 14, 2015 by SynCaine

Outside of the war updates from Delpez, I want to write a bit about CoC in general, the clan specifically, and related items, so here goes. As for CoC itself, I’m still very actively playing the game, and believe it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans | 15 Comments

CoC: War stats vs GoHAM Gaming 1/12/2015

Posted on January 14, 2015 by SynCaine

(Stats and writeup by Delpez) Supreme Cream! vs. Goham Gaming   Supreme Cream Enemy Average TH Level 7.84 8.08 Average Player Level 70.50 80.16 Score 107 134 Total Attacks Used 81 93 Total 3 Star Attacks 18 35 Total 3 … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans | 5 Comments

Farcry 4 finished, some thoughts

Posted on January 13, 2015 by SynCaine

So a few days ago I ‘finished’ Farcry 4. I say finished in ‘finished’ because I didn’t complete all of the side quests before finishing the main storyline mission, and there is certainly plenty of other stuff for me to … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Review | Comments Off on Farcry 4 finished, some thoughts

Lifeless-like (get it)

Posted on January 12, 2015 by SynCaine

  Little Monday morning trivia for everyone, is the above image: A: An upcoming one-man indie game B: Something I created in the last ten minutes using free software and default art C: SOE being SOE

Posted in SOE being SOE | 13 Comments

Heroes of Might and Magic 3 HD – Why am I not excited?

Posted on January 7, 2015 by SynCaine

There have been a lot of solid turn based strategy games released in recent years. Just off the top of my head, we have Civ V, XCOM, Heroes of Might and Magic 6, Eador, Fallen Enchantress, Endless Legend, Age of … Continue reading →

Posted in Random | 6 Comments

Living virtual worlds; Now technically possible yet still not here

Posted on January 5, 2015 by SynCaine

One of the fun things about the world in Farcry 4 is that events don’t feel as fake as they do in MMOs. For instance, when PQs were first introduced in Warhammer, they were new and fun. By the time … Continue reading →

Posted in Guild Wars, MMO design, Ultima Online | 12 Comments

WoW has shut down, per Massively

Posted on January 2, 2015 by SynCaine

Massively just doing Massively things (link no longer works as Massively just deleted the entire post), or just being Blizzard and copy/pasting from Polygon (This link still works because lulz Polygon). Pick one? I few weeks ago Square released a … Continue reading →

Posted in Final Fantasy XIV, World of Warcraft | 26 Comments