Category Archives: Mass Media

The little tent-pole that could, and the little blogger that couldn’t

Posted on February 10, 2015 by SynCaine

Because some people are getting a little too excited over next-to-nothing, lets actually look at everything said recently from everyone’s favorite video-game producer. “Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare was the #1 release of the year and the franchise’s cumulative revenue … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, Random | 22 Comments

Before I give you money Massively…

Posted on February 6, 2015 by SynCaine

First, Syp needs to check his damn spam filter and get my account out of it over at Biobreak! As for the site, three simple request: 1: The majority of the main content should never require me to click once … Continue reading →

Posted in Kickstarter, Mass Media | 8 Comments

BHAHAHAHAHA SOE BHAHAHAHAHAHA

Posted on February 2, 2015 by SynCaine

What a freaking day! First the Pats win and become the greatest ever, and now every single defender of SOE and Smed look like complete and utter fools for arguing with me about the company, now dumped by Sony. Love … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, SOE being SOE | 21 Comments

Dear Massively, die and get better

Posted on February 2, 2015 by SynCaine

Massively is closing. I know, this is likely the first time a blog post is being written about it, but that’s just what I do, break news and set trends. You’re welcome. I bashed Massively often. Usually it was their … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media | 13 Comments

ESO: Is it finally multiplayer Skyrim?

Posted on January 21, 2015 by SynCaine

So ESO is going B2P (pending what the cash shop contains, but I doubt they are going to sell you hotbars or guns out of planes), which is of some interest to me. While I wasn’t in love with ESO … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, The Elder Scrolls Online | 12 Comments

Credit to Massively for this one

Posted on January 20, 2015 by SynCaine

Granted, the good stuff is quotes rather than the writing/opinion of Massively, but still, this article about how Das Tal will be better than ArcheAge made me smile. That said, setting the bar at “better than AA” is like setting … Continue reading →

Posted in ArcheAge, Mass Media | 2 Comments

Pay to play, pay to spawn item

Posted on January 16, 2015 by SynCaine

One item I want to address today in light of Smed being Smed: Since the beginning of time, you have been able to pay another player real money to get something in a game. In UO I could buy a … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, Rant, RMT, SOE being SOE | 11 Comments

LoL – The future is here, and everyone is watching

Posted on December 3, 2014 by SynCaine

As mentioned before, I greatly enjoyed watching much of the League of Legends world championship, taking in about two dozen or so matches (though all on replay due to the time zone differences), including watching the final matches on the … Continue reading →

Posted in League of Legends, Mass Media | 5 Comments

SW:TOR – Hotbars sales not so hot

Posted on November 9, 2014 by SynCaine

And the good news just keeps on flowing. Isn’t it strange that this wasn’t reflected on fictional table generator Superdata’s info? I wonder why that is, those guys seem so well informed about everything else… SW:TOR getting put out of … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, SW:TOR | 12 Comments

Who hasn’t wanted to kill someone over a balance change?

Posted on October 16, 2014 by SynCaine

Oh Gamergate, why are you so entertainingly funny? The fact that comments aren’t enabled on that story is a crime, because the CNN comments section makes the Massively comments section look like a Mensa meeting. I’m not going to fully … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, Rant | 15 Comments