Category Archives: beta

Passing on Baldur’s Gate 3 EA

Posted on October 6, 2020 by SynCaine

Today Baldur’s Gate 3 is available for purchase on Steam, entering Early Access for $60. The poors are already crying about the price, but poors will poor, so not surprising. That’s not why I’m passing on it though. I’m passing … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Random, Steam Stuff | 2 Comments

Monthly update I guess?

Posted on August 25, 2020 by SynCaine

Previous post was in July huh, yikes. I have been gaming, just not writing about it, so lets me put some words down now and fix that. The Battle Brothers expansion, Blazing Deserts, is out. Surprise, its awesome, and I … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Clash Royale, Combat Systems, Crowfall, Inquisition Clan, League of Legends, Mighty Party, Random | 6 Comments

July 16th gaming update

Posted on June 15, 2020 by SynCaine

Blogging motivation at an all-time low, sorry. The odd thing is an idea pops into my head almost daily to write about, but then the words never hit digital paper. Here goes a bunch of unrelated gaming thoughts and updates.  … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, iPhone, League of Legends, Mighty Party, Mount and Blade: Warband, Random, Site update | 7 Comments

2019 Predictions

Posted on December 10, 2018 by SynCaine

Looking back at my 2018 prediction post, two things jump out. One, pretty accurate. And two, pretty sad. CrowFall, Camelot Unchained, and Star Citizen. Those are the three titles mentioned. None of them launched. None of them had a major … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Camelot Unchained, Crowfall, EVE Online, Final Fantasy XIV, Inquisition Clan, Life is Feudal, Site update, World of Warcraft | 9 Comments

That same old feeling

Posted on October 12, 2018 by SynCaine

Getting crushed at work right now so blogging is taking a backseat. Who knew taking a major leap forward in your career and being near the top of a major company would be time-consuming… I’ve been playing a bit of … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Random, Rant, Steam Stuff | 4 Comments

I am no longer fanatical about games

Posted on June 14, 2018 by SynCaine

Back in the day I was all in on consuming every last bit of info for an upcoming game. We (bloggers) almost all did it for Warhammer Online, but I’ve done it many times for many titles in the past. … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Crowfall, Fallout 3, Rant, Warhammer Online | 5 Comments

Pillars of Eternity 2 preview

Posted on February 21, 2018 by SynCaine

I received a preview copy of Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire through one of my usual sources, so here are some initial thought after about two hours of playtime (oddly Steam only tracked the game the first time I started … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Kickstarter, Random | 7 Comments

Watching Early Access games progress, or not

Posted on August 23, 2017 by SynCaine

Following Early Access games, especially smaller indie games, is both fascinating and very frustrating. On the one hand, you get to see a game shape up in almost real-time, as well as see how they are learning and adapting their … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, League of Legends, Random, Steam Stuff | 4 Comments

PUBG: If a broken ladder falls in the woods…

Posted on August 21, 2017 by SynCaine

Gevlon’s last project in PUBG has come to an end, with a result very similar to his LoL project. He played a huge amount of hours, come up with a pretty terrible plan/strategy, and failed utterly. The main different between … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Blogroll, Random, Rant | 28 Comments

Battle Brothers leaves EA, Wartile is deep in it, and Grim Dawn review update

Posted on March 27, 2017 by SynCaine

Three quick items for today. First, Battle Brothers has officially left Early Access and is now released, so we can add one more example to the list of successful uses of EA. I’ve written a ton about the game, and … Continue reading →

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