Category Archives: Mass Media

Gamasutra getting its EG on

Posted on August 12, 2014 by SynCaine

This article about LoL is a wonderful piece, if you define ‘wonderful’ as containing at least one factual error per sentence whenever possible. Honestly if this was published on April 1st everyone would call it a terribly lame attempt; that’s … Continue reading →

Posted in League of Legends, Mass Media | 26 Comments

CU: Finally something of note

Posted on July 17, 2014 by SynCaine

CSE, makers of Camelot Unchained, have been releasing a lot of info of late about the game and the ideas behind it. So far nothing has jumped out at me as terrible ala “The 4th pillar”, but at the same … Continue reading →

Posted in Camelot Unchained, Mass Media, MMO design | 7 Comments

Re-confirmed: I’m kind of a big deal

Posted on July 9, 2014 by SynCaine

Knowing how many ‘real people’ readers a blog has, much less how much influence a writer has on his readers, is almost impossible to tell. WordPress provides view/visitor statistics of course, but based on personal experience those numbers aren’t 100% … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans, Darkfall Online, Mass Media, Random, Rant, Site update, Warhammer Online | 19 Comments

EVE: I’m going to put this next to my “History of WoW Empires” book

Posted on April 25, 2014 by SynCaine

Via TAGN, Kickstater (already funded) for a history of EVE Empires book. Easiest $25 I’ve spent in a while.   #EVE

Posted in EVE Online, Mass Media | 2 Comments

Steam number crunching

Posted on April 17, 2014 by SynCaine

Ars Technica has done some really nice work around Steam and what players are buying and playing on that service. If the stat that Steam makes up 75% of PC sales today is even remotely true, it only makes this … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, Random | 5 Comments

SOE: All of the great MMOs are F2P, like…?

Posted on April 3, 2014 by SynCaine

Dave “Doctor Creepy” Georgeson, fresh of his “MMOs should live on forever, so we are shutting down four SOE MMOs!” declaration, is back trying to cram more foot into his mouth, this time trying to defend the minor league MMO … Continue reading →

Posted in EQ2, EQNext, FreeRealms, Mass Media, Rant, RMT, Vanguard | 31 Comments

Too much tolerance

Posted on March 25, 2014 by SynCaine

Jester has two great posts up today, although about two very different subjects. The first, and the one I’ll be brief about, is about an example of someone scamming a player in EVE. Typical EVE stuff right? Not exactly, due … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Mass Media, Rant | 65 Comments

F’n WordPress…

Posted on March 25, 2014 by SynCaine

Need a little help here. Prior to a few days ago, I would always write out my blogs in Word, then use the “copy from Word” button to paste in the text, add some links, and hit publish. Recently that … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, Rant | 6 Comments

Reviews vs Facts

Posted on March 19, 2014 by SynCaine

A while ago I had a conversation with someone about reviews. My basic point was that they don’t matter all that much, and that we sometimes think they do because the media that produces and relies on reviews tries to … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Mass Media, Random, The Elder Scrolls Online, WildStar | 20 Comments

ESO: Prediction forming is at 85%

Posted on February 14, 2014 by SynCaine

This article over at Massively by Larry Everett mirrors a lot of my most recent experience with the ESO beta, in that the first area is 100% linear, the second feels like a typical themepark zone, and the third feels … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, MMO design, SW:TOR, The Elder Scrolls Online | 40 Comments