Category Archives: EVE Online

Moving from MMOs to Mobile

Posted on July 30, 2020 by SynCaine

It’s funny how my gaming has flipped. Back when I started this blog, my main games were always MMOs, and I’d play other games to fill the gaps. At some point a big gap filler became mobile games, but initially … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans, Clash Royale, EVE Online, iPhone, League of Legends, Mighty Party, Random, Steam Stuff, World of Warcraft | 4 Comments

Kenshi review – Quickly becoming one of my favorite games of all time

Posted on January 9, 2020 by SynCaine

Kenshi had been on my Steam wishlist for, literally, years. It was initially placed there because of the promise of a sandbox RPG, at a time when just those two terms got you on my wishlist. I never pulled the … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, EVE Online, Housing, Life is Feudal, Perma-death, Review, Steam Stuff | 2 Comments

The broken promise of the MMO genre

Posted on November 8, 2019 by SynCaine

Could you imagine playing the same videogame for a decade? Ten years, one game? If this question was asked in the 90s, it would seem silly. That would be at least two generations of consoles, and PC hardware was changing … Continue reading →

Posted in Asheron's Call, Clash of Clans, Dark Age of Camelot, EQ2, EVE Online, Final Fantasy XIV, iPhone, League of Legends, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, Ultima Online, World of Warcraft | 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

Friday Conspiracy Theory – WoW Classic edition

Posted on November 2, 2018 by SynCaine

First, the fact that WoW Classic won’t be out until Summer 2019 is a joke, even by Blizzard ‘soon’ slow ass development standards, but we aren’t here to talk about that. What we are going to talk about is the … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, MMO design, Rant, World of Warcraft | 10 Comments

EVE: Tales from a war-dec facing CEO

Posted on October 4, 2018 by SynCaine

Interesting post over at TAGN about the latest CSM minutes out of EVE, particularly the part about war decs. As someone who has experience in this area as a former CEO of a high-sec corp, I have some thoughts. First … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, EVE Online, Inquisition Clan, MMO design, PvP | 7 Comments

EVE might save the MMO genre

Posted on September 12, 2018 by SynCaine

Continuing the conversation started yesterday about the MMO genre, and how I don’t believe its time has passed or that the genre ‘doesn’t work’ anymore, let’s talk about EVE. But first, what do you see when you look at EQ1 … Continue reading →

Posted in EQ2, EVE Online, MMO design, World of Warcraft | 6 Comments

EVE: Ghosts from the past, from another world

Posted on August 9, 2018 by SynCaine

Finally back from vacation, and while I was away I received (as TAGN did) an email from Rooks and Kings member LM about a new video he (they?) produced, focusing on the Chinese EVE server Serenity, and how the actions … Continue reading →

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Second “Empires of EVE” book Kickstarter is here, already funded

Posted on April 12, 2018 by SynCaine

The first book was a great read, and now the second book will cover more events that “I was there” for. Pretty easy $50 to spend. The kickstarter is already funded, but if you enjoy EVE (either actually playing or … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Kickstarter | 2 Comments

EVE: Instanced battles would mean a lot more headlines for the game

Posted on March 20, 2018 by SynCaine

I wanted to follow up on the last post, talking about the possibility of bringing instanced battles to EVE, specifically the one major area it would greatly help EVE; attention. For most of EVE’s history, the big events have always … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, EVE Online, Life is Feudal, MMO design, PvP | 7 Comments