Category Archives: EVE Online

Roid rape goodness.

Posted on July 14, 2008 by SynCaine

Sorry, this will not be a post about a Friday night after a football game in high school, just not the type of content we provide here. It is however a post about the damage my new Corp and I … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online | 5 Comments

The carebear and the ganker, best friends forever.

Posted on July 10, 2008 by SynCaine

In somewhat of a continuation from yesterday’s post, and with the idea sparked after reading MBP’s post here, today’s topic aims to examine why so many PvE ‘carebears’ play PvP-focused MMOs, using EVE Online as the example. Not since Ultima … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, MMO design, PvP, World of Warcraft | 14 Comments

Asshat or PvPer: Which will Warhammer Online have?

Posted on July 9, 2008 by SynCaine

I read a recent post from MMOG Nation via MMOWTF today that got me thinking, or rather re-visiting an idea. The post pointed out the differences in PvP mentality going from a PvP server to a PvE one in WoW, … Continue reading →

Posted in Asheron's Call, EVE Online, MMO design, PvP, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 11 Comments

Mass media gets an MMO story right, no joke.

Posted on July 7, 2008 by SynCaine

In a clear case sign of the apocalypse, NYTimes.com has posted a positive article about an online game, one which was for the most part fairly accurate, informative, and a good read. Very impressive Seth Schiesel! It’s funny timing too, … Continue reading →

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EVE mission running report: A good night followed by some bad luck.

Posted on July 7, 2008 by SynCaine

More EVE reporting for today, as I had quite an eventful weekend in New Eden. It started off on a high note, as I was joined by two members of Black Lion Legion to assist me with a level 4 … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online | 12 Comments

Level 4 missions in EVE, and my silly Rohk battleship.

Posted on July 2, 2008 by SynCaine

As I wrote a few days ago, I hopped in my Rohk battleship and did a few level 3 missions to get myself back into EVE, but those proved far too easy, and I was itching to try a level … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online | 12 Comments

Graphics don’t age like wine.

Posted on July 1, 2008 by SynCaine

Plenty of people have already broken down every single frame and image of Diablo3, so I won’t go into it here save for two concerns: 1)      It looks good (but not Crysis amazing) now, but given that it won’t be … Continue reading →

Posted in Diablo 3, EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, PvP, StarCraft Online, World of Warcraft | 6 Comments

One year of blogging done, and what a year it has been!

Posted on June 25, 2008 by SynCaine

It’s been a year already? I initially started blogging for what I believe is the most common reason: to have a place to keep all my thoughts and ideas about gaming in one place. What originally started as just ‘something … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogroll, EQ2, EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, Podcast, PvP, Site update, SotNW, Ultima Online, Vanguard, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 8 Comments

MMO history, that Bartle guy, and why WoW2 won’t blow your mind.

Posted on June 23, 2008 by SynCaine

It seems we had a busy weekend in the MMO blog world, fueled by an interview with Richard Bartle done by Michael Zenke over at Massively. As with anything remotely interesting posted on the internet these days, the responses to … Continue reading →

Posted in Age of Conan, Console Gaming, EVE Online, MMO design, Perma-death, PvP, Ultima Online, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 5 Comments

AoC bashing, LoTRO update, ISK talk.

Posted on June 20, 2008 by SynCaine

Ah Friday sweetness. Heartless and Rick over at /random both commented on a Massively report about AoC and it’s troubles with its much-hyped endgame PvP. It would seem that massive amounts of high details characters letting off fancy spell effects … Continue reading →

Posted in Age of Conan, EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, PvP | 13 Comments