Category Archives: EVE Online

EVE: Time for war

Posted on November 18, 2011 by SynCaine

As I mentioned earlier today, DiS has been randomly war dec’ed by a 12 pilot Corp that is pretty active. They have a whole bunch of kills in and around Jita, among other places. Later tonight the war officially starts, … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, PvP | 11 Comments

Skyrim is educational!

Posted on November 18, 2011 by SynCaine

Loque Nahak One step forward: I’m 11 hours into Skyrim, right now (level 9) and boy… coming from WoW it seems I’ve been playing a videogame for small children, really. One step back: Skyrim dinamically adds side-quests on the go, … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Random, World of Warcraft | 27 Comments

1997 all over again?

Posted on November 16, 2011 by SynCaine

Whether it’s at MMOCrunch, over at Keen’s site, or even here, a lot of people are expressing interest and excitement over the possibility of a more “open world” MMO. This confused me initially, considering WoW and other linear-world games are … Continue reading →

Posted in Asheron's Call, Darkfall Online, EVE Online, Mass Media, MMO design, Rant, Ultima Online | 19 Comments

EVE: How to join the DiS chat channel

Posted on November 15, 2011 by SynCaine

The channel’s name: -DiS- Recruiting How to join: In the chat window, there is a little “chat bubble” icon in the top-right of the window, click that. This opens a window with a search field for joining channels. Type in … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Random | 4 Comments

EVE: Save the kids!

Posted on November 10, 2011 by SynCaine

First off, Jester’s Trek is a great blog. Easily in my top 5 blogs now (congrats…?) His post today, commenting on yet another scam in EVE, brings up a topic I’ve been meaning to talk about since returning to EVE; … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, MMO design, Rant | 14 Comments

EVE: But why can’t I get my epics NOW?!

Posted on November 9, 2011 by SynCaine

Love this little line from the latest devblog: The ability to like posts and share content with your friends in the cloud while syncing your photostream with your mobile devices. Naw, just kidding. I feel like going on a turtle … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Rant, Rift, World of Warcraft | 2 Comments

EVE: 30 Days or PLEX?

Posted on November 9, 2011 by SynCaine

The EVE buddy program offers either a PLEX or 30 days added to your account as a reward for getting someone to sign up. My initial though was to go with the 30 days, but the idea of splitting the … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online | 14 Comments

EVE: Let’s be buddies

Posted on November 8, 2011 by SynCaine

Prompted by a comment, I have 19 (across two accounts) available Buddy invites for EVE, which gives you a 21 day extended trial (if you sign up for the game I get 30 days credited to my account). If you … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Site update | 17 Comments

I greatly underestimated the awesome of Farmville

Posted on November 7, 2011 by SynCaine

The new game I tried this weekend is called PlanteteryFarm InteractionVille. “Syn, is it like FarmVille but Sci-Fi? I love clicking cows while tweeting that I’m clicking cows and updating my facebook status that I’m tweeting about clicking cows! Want … Continue reading →

Posted in crafting, EVE Online, MMO design | 8 Comments

Gamer evolution, 30 minutes a day

Posted on November 4, 2011 by SynCaine

Time requirements and complexity in gaming are clearly not the same thing, but they are linked. The more complex your game, the more time required to learn it. But a game can be both ‘simple’ and incredibly hard (Meatboy), or … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, Console Gaming, EVE Online, League of Legends, MMO design, PvP, Random, World of Warcraft | 2 Comments