Category Archives: Fallout 3

Fallout: The complete history

Posted on July 7, 2015 by SynCaine

In case you have some spare time, go ahead and read this complete list of all major events in the Fallout Universe. Pretty great stuff, and should get you nice and ready for Fallout 4.

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Who are these people spending money on Fallout Shelter?

Posted on June 24, 2015 by SynCaine

Fallout Shelter is doing rather well. Actually, it’s doing amazingly well considering the game is fully, 100% playable for free, to the point that spending money on it is almost counter-productive. Not bad for a throw-in title to help everyone … Continue reading →

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Fallout Shelter and Fallout 4 additional thoughts

Posted on June 16, 2015 by SynCaine

Let’s talk Fallout Shelter first. For a free game (and it is free, as buying extra boxes is truly a dummy trap to skip playing the game, nothing more), its not bad, and certainly worth downloading and messing around with. … Continue reading →

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Fallout 3 is good, still

Posted on May 18, 2015 by SynCaine

I’ve been playing Fallout 3 recently, in part because Fallout 4 is very likely to be announced ‘soon’, but also because while I’ve played New Vegas a few times, I’ve only played Fallout 3 itself once. For a while now … Continue reading →

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Quick thought about the next Fallout game

Posted on February 16, 2015 by SynCaine

The next Fallout game from Bethesda will hopefully be a two-to-five hour, linear, on-rails ‘aim for you’ shooter with a bit of story, but most of the story will be comic relief rather than a more series take on a … Continue reading →

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What to read, more F:NW, and on not playing GW2

Posted on October 10, 2012 by SynCaine

I recently finished reading Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson, which I very much enjoyed. Actually I’ve found that I like everything by Brandon to some degree, and sadly have now exhausted his works. In January the final Wheel of Time book … Continue reading →

Posted in Fallout 3, Guild Wars, Random | 28 Comments

Your role in the sandbox done right

Posted on October 8, 2012 by SynCaine

Recently I finished my first playthrough of Fallout: New Vegas (yes, 2010 does say hello, thanks), and in addition to being an amazing game, it shows how to do a player-story in a sandbox amazingly well. Possibly better than any … Continue reading →

Posted in Fallout 3, MMO design | 12 Comments

Swing and a Miss: Dice or You?

Posted on September 29, 2010 by SynCaine

The somewhat recent re-launch of EGM magazine has, so far, delivered. The new quarterly version contains more interviews and ‘blog-like’ content than just a slew of preview and review sales hype (though it still has some of that as well), … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, Darkfall Online, DDO, EVE Online, Fallen Earth, Fallout 3, Mass Media, MMO design, PvP, World of Warcraft | 24 Comments

MMO Basics: Making the ‘work’ parts enjoyable.

Posted on June 1, 2010 by SynCaine

Over the weekend in DarkFall I purchased a large amount of iron ingots and q1 hearts to finally get my bloodcrafting skill to 60+, which allows me to make bloodcrafted plate chests and helms. Now in addition to the skill … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, Darkfall Online, Fallout 3, MMO design, SW:TOR, World of Warcraft | 11 Comments

Fallen Earth: Some beta impressions

Posted on August 27, 2009 by SynCaine

I’ve had the Fallen Earth beta on my hard drive for a good week now, and have put in somewhere around 5-6 hours with it. From a technical perspective (graphics, sound, animations, FPS), if you have the top-end hardware to … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Fallen Earth, Fallout 3, Random | 10 Comments