Category Archives: Mass Media

Forbes says WoW is hardcore

Posted on March 17, 2009 by SynCaine

I know poking fun at mass media is easy, but this article is just full of win. It’s a good thing someone is finally going to expand the MMO market beyond the complex world Warcraft has with all those troll … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, Random, World of Warcraft | 11 Comments

Rats jumping off the Blizzard ship?

Posted on March 12, 2009 by SynCaine

Spotted this while checking financials. Acti-bliz is set to announce earnings later this month. When a director and the CEO start dumping their own companies stock before earnings are set to go public… well it’s not because they know earnings … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, Random, World of Warcraft | 31 Comments

Wolves and Sheep

Posted on March 3, 2009 by SynCaine

With the release of Darkfall, the terms ‘wolves’ and ‘sheep’ have been thrown around frequently on forums and blogs. I figured this might be a good time to dig a bit deeper and try to find out just who really … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, DoTA, EVE Online, Mass Media, MMO design, PvP, Ultima Online, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 25 Comments

Congress: QQ more noobz

Posted on February 25, 2009 by SynCaine

“We have legislation here now with the money to do something about the schools, do something about water and sewage along that corridor in these 12 counties. And now the governor says, ‘I don’t want to accept the money.’ That’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, Random | 12 Comments

Still the players fault…

Posted on December 9, 2008 by SynCaine

Clearly showing that if you don’t hand-hold the players, they won’t get it. To the short bus! Amusingly enough, some still don’t…

Posted in Mass Media, Random, Warhammer Online | 2 Comments

Warhammer has 500k active subs, bored WoW players return.

Posted on December 8, 2008 by SynCaine

Using yesterdays (Sunday, Dec 7) data, WoW is played by 104,255 Xfire users. WAR is played by 4,686. Blizzard reports that WoW has about 11,000,000 active accounts. 11,000,000 / 104,255 = X / 4,686 Fancy kids math…. WAR has 500k … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 21 Comments

Stating the obvious, but this time it’s official.

Posted on October 21, 2008 by SynCaine

Not to toot my own horn but…. Beep Beep. Self pat on the back asshattery aside, it’s a good interview and sheds some light on Mythic’s stance with WAR and it’s future. (for the lazy, the pat on the back … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, MMO design, PvP, Rant, RvR, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 2 Comments

Mythic and Blizzard go at it. Round one review!

Posted on October 17, 2008 by SynCaine

To borrow a quote: “Shit just got real” Seems it did not take long for the gloves to come off, and for Mythic and Blizzard to go at it. Lum has a good collection of the relevant quotes (like him, … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Combat Systems, Mass Media, MMO design, PvP, Rant, RvR, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 23 Comments

Mythic employee Tobold talks WAR

Posted on September 10, 2008 by SynCaine

Tobold, Mr. I’m kind of a big deal official media source and Mythic shill blogger, has an opinion piece about WAR. He is wrong, of course, but what do we expect from a total sellout. (insert random Darkfall comment, followed … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Combat Systems, EVE Online, Mass Media, MMO design, PvP, Ultima Online, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 3 Comments

Warhammer Online Open Beta, Launch, and the hype.

Posted on September 3, 2008 by SynCaine

The Warhammer Online open beta is just around the corner, and shortly after Warhammer will finally go live. While the game is by no means ‘finished’ or ‘perfect’, it’s actually in far better shape than what most people saw during … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Mass Media, MMO design, PvP, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 1 Comment