Category Archives: Mass Media

What caused Warhammer Online to fail?

Posted on November 26, 2009 by SynCaine

Today Tobold is asking why Warhammer Online failed to live up to it’s mega-title expectations (expectations that I was grossly wrong about as well), give readers either the choice that WotLK killed it (tourists) or that WAR was just a … Continue reading →

Posted in Aion, Darkfall Online, Fallen Earth, Mass Media, MMO design, RvR, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 39 Comments

DarkFall Community Publisher update

Posted on November 23, 2009 by SynCaine

With the DarkFall Community Publisher initiative a week old, here are some initial thoughts: The link itself gets clicked quite often here, more so (on average) than any other link. Whether this is due to placement, the link being an … Continue reading →

Posted in Asheron's Call, Darkfall Online, Mass Media, MMO design, Patch Notes, Site update, Ultima Online | 9 Comments

DarkFall expansion gets a release date, from Twitter

Posted on November 18, 2009 by SynCaine

It’s a good thing Greeks don’t celebrate Thanksgiving, because it looks like the next DarkFall expansion is set for release late next week (with some caution that it might slip a few days, but that never happens in MMO land … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Mass Media, MMO design, Patch Notes, Random, Site update | 19 Comments

I am, in fact, paid by Aventurine to promote DarkFall

Posted on November 17, 2009 by SynCaine

It’s been joked around here that because I talk so highly of DarkFall, I must be paid by Aventurine or just Tasos directly. While that is sadly not the case (feel free to contact me though Tasos), today is the … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Housing, Mass Media, Patch Notes, Site update | 21 Comments

A hooker or CoD:MW2?

Posted on November 10, 2009 by SynCaine

Now this is a bit of a ratings disparity. Now personally I don’t really care for FPS games, but just looking in from the outside, how amazing does one night of gaming (the length of the single player campaign, reportedly) … Continue reading →

Posted in Console Gaming, Mass Media, Random, Rant | 18 Comments

And this little piggie went to market

Posted on November 10, 2009 by SynCaine

I’ve written before that to most game companies, the only real voice a gamer has is his money. Word-of-mouth, positive/negative buzz, petitions, blog or forum posts; none of these count nearly as much as you making the decision to pay … Continue reading →

Posted in Aion, Console Gaming, Mass Media, MMO design, Random, Rant, World of Warcraft | 15 Comments

Suck it Eurogamer

Posted on November 5, 2009 by SynCaine

Type “dragon age review” in Google and check out the first link on page two (currently anyway). Yup, ‘kind of a big deal’ blogger me. Now go ALLLLLL the way to the middle of page three. Yup, the trash heap … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, Random | 14 Comments

Dragon Age does hype the right way

Posted on October 27, 2009 by SynCaine

My anticipation for Dragon Age has been slowly ramping up, and not in the usual ‘watch ever movie/screen shot asap!’ way. I actually made it a point to avoid all that in order to keep the experience of playing the … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, Random | 8 Comments

Get to know Aventurine

Posted on October 15, 2009 by SynCaine

Aventurine has launched their company website, and it’s actually worth taking a look at. From the initial page, with it’s “slow for the short bus kids” statements, to the different pictures of DarkFall-branded sports cars, to gems like: Note: It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Mass Media, MMO design, Random, Site update | 1 Comment

Science proves why DarkFall > WoW.

Posted on October 12, 2009 by SynCaine

Science talks about videogames and how they might affect your brain. The TLDR version as provided by my fiancé: WoW = easy = dumb brain DarkFall = hard = smart brain She’s a keeper.

Posted in Console Gaming, Darkfall Online, Mass Media, MMO design, Random, World of Warcraft | 6 Comments