Category Archives: Mass Media

Turbine finally updates us on the continued success of their F2P conversions

Posted on February 13, 2014 by SynCaine

Instead of linking to that old PR release about how great LotRO and DDO are doing thanks to F2P, please use this updated link. F2P ALL THE WAY!

Posted in DDO, Lord of the Rings Online, Mass Media, RMT | 50 Comments

SOE is going to pleasantly surprise you because they are SOE

Posted on February 5, 2014 by SynCaine

Oh Smed. The guy knows he works for SOE right? The “we haven’t done anything right since EQ1” studio? The studio that NGE’ed SWG probably shouldn’t be trying to get people back by reminding them of that, especially since the … Continue reading →

Posted in EQNext, FreeRealms, Mass Media, Random, Rant | 6 Comments

EVE: Required reading

Posted on January 30, 2014 by SynCaine

CCP dev blog about the longest and one of the largest battles in MMO history. If you consider yourself an MMO fan, consider it required reading, start to finish. A few quick notes: CCP gets it. Not only does the … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Mass Media, MMO design | 24 Comments

F2P MMO X dies

Posted on January 9, 2014 by SynCaine

Quick observation: I find it interesting that pro-F2P people continue to point out that most new MMOs are F2P ‘for a reason’, yet don’t acknowledge that just about every month (or week), Massively has a new “this F2P MMO is … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, Rant, RMT | 47 Comments

ESO: The “make a good game” problem

Posted on January 6, 2014 by SynCaine

Clearly a Forbes writer is a big fan of this blog, what with this copy/paste job of an article. I’ll excuse the lack of a h/t this time, but clean it up will ya? Anyway, since everyone is jumping on … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, MMO design, The Elder Scrolls Online | 23 Comments

e-Sports growing pains

Posted on December 10, 2013 by SynCaine

Quick non-MMO note for today. Recently Riot wanted to ban their professional players from showing/playing competing games on their streams. After some uproar, they have backed away from this somewhat. e-Sports are still in their infancy right now, but I … Continue reading →

Posted in League of Legends, Mass Media | 7 Comments

More Massively EVE commenting entertainment

Posted on November 15, 2013 by SynCaine

I’ve posted this stuff before, but so long as the idiot train is running full steam in the Massively comments section, I’ll keep linking to it. My favorite out of this batch: It’s not just the gameplay though it’s the … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Mass Media | 31 Comments

This is why its hard to take Massively serious

Posted on November 5, 2013 by SynCaine

From this article: “But let’s say that things do work the way the developers estimate. The average gamer, age 33 with children barking in the background of Mumble, will run out of content after about two months on average MMO, … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Mass Media | 15 Comments

Another day, another F2P dev digging a way out of his grave

Posted on November 5, 2013 by SynCaine

My notes while watching the video. It’s 45min and about Age of Empires Online, but worthwhile if you have some time to kill and enjoy watching another hotbar salesmen stumble around. (Credit where credit is due, his presentation style was … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, Random, RMT | 13 Comments

Today’s Kool-Aid flavor is grape. Grape and failure

Posted on August 28, 2013 by SynCaine

A lot of funny stuff is happening in this post over at TAGN, please go check it out. My only major complaint is that Wilhelm was light on the actual insults. I’m going to try and correct that here. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Allods Online, DDO, EVE Online, Guild Wars, Lord of the Rings Online, Mass Media, MMO design, Rant, RMT, SW:TOR, The Elder Scrolls Online, WildStar, World of Warcraft | 51 Comments