Category Archives: Mass Media

I need something explained to me

Posted on July 27, 2011 by SynCaine

Why do you put out a PR release that anyone who has every played anything remotely resembling an MMO can immediately spot the major issue with? Discover new stuff to craft by experimenting? Hi in beta someone is going to … Continue reading →

Posted in crafting, Mass Media, MMO design, Patch Notes, Random, Rant | 32 Comments

Is EA too cocky with SW?

Posted on July 22, 2011 by SynCaine

It’s not secret EA is basically banking the company on SW:sRPG, and from the outside looking in it SEEMS the game should be a hot ticket in its first month, but is EA a little TOO cocky here? First they … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Mass Media, Rant, RMT, SW:TOR | 27 Comments

Speaking of innovation…

Posted on July 19, 2011 by SynCaine

The (not really all that) new MMO business model: Is your MMO ‘good’? If you lied and said “Yes”, go to A. If you ran out of money, need to ship the alpha, and said “No”, go to B. A: … Continue reading →

Posted in Allods Online, Mass Media, MMO design, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Random, Rant, Rift, RMT, SW:TOR | 17 Comments

Innovation = Lowered Expectations

Posted on July 18, 2011 by SynCaine

This article is making the blog rounds today. It’s interesting enough, and also a little comical (count how many people complain about innovation, and then count how many of them are “Currently know for” a sequel). While mostly console-focused, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Console Gaming, Mass Media, MMO design, Random, Rant, World of Warcraft | 3 Comments

Wipe or Expansion: What’s the difference?

Posted on July 14, 2011 by SynCaine

Jef Reahard over at Massivily asks if you would keep playing if your MMO had a character/server wipe (side point: if a character wipe is a ‘full’ wipe in your MMO of choice, what does that say about its world?) … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Housing, Mass Media, MMO design, Patch Notes, PvP, World of Warcraft | 19 Comments

Eurogamer talks Darkfall, again

Posted on July 13, 2011 by SynCaine

Eurogamer has an article up about Darkfall. Who wants to play “count the errors”? It’s like the ‘journalism’ version of Where’s Waldo, fun for the whole family. I also love how they include two videos of the game, one a … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Mass Media | 2 Comments

It’s all fun and games until you start making millions

Posted on June 30, 2011 by SynCaine

Via a link in Tobold’s soon-to-be-departed comments section, this RPS article is pretty funny, and the comments related to it are hilarious. I’m also surprised this has not happened yet. Not the whole “two paragraphs for free” part, but the … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogroll, Mass Media, RMT, Site update | 9 Comments

How much for a sparklepony with a monocle?

Posted on June 27, 2011 by SynCaine

Good summary of the EVE monocle debate over at TAGN, including links to other info and a post from the CCP CEO. I had to dig into my archive to find exactly what I have written about the WoW sparklepony, … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Mass Media, MMO design, Rant, RMT, World of Warcraft | 13 Comments

League of Legends Season One viewing

Posted on June 20, 2011 by SynCaine

League of Legends is running its season one championship, viewable here. At one point the stream reached 210k viewers, which sounds like a damn good amount of people. Riot was showing off its new spectator mode, and I must say … Continue reading →

Posted in Inquisition Clan, League of Legends, Mass Media, PvP | 12 Comments

Oh Bobby, you dumb gamer-hating puppet

Posted on June 9, 2011 by SynCaine

Linking to this because it’s hilarious. Only thing better would have been for the EA rep to inform Bobby’s aid that the BF3 demo is for gamers only, and that he is not ‘elite’ enough to see it. Sell that … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, Random, Rant | 20 Comments