Category Archives: Mass Media

TESO looking great on all fronts!

Posted on April 15, 2013 by SynCaine

Darkfall post coming in a bit, but I need to post this first. The Elder Scrolls Online video leak disaster. The video has already been removed from Youtube (if someone has a working link, please post a comment), but the … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Mass Media, The Elder Scrolls Online | 6 Comments

Time to shut it down, EVE is dying

Posted on December 12, 2012 by SynCaine

In other niche game news, Tobold was right, CCP has declared bankruptcy in 2012. If your definition of bankruptcy is hitting 450k+ subs with a 10 year old MMO. But yea, totally bankrupt, yo. (Cue China does not count, WoW really had … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Mass Media | 28 Comments

Superman64 continues to fly under the radar

Posted on November 12, 2012 by SynCaine

“Star Wars: The Old Republic excels in it’s PvP combat system above all else” – Said by no one, ever. Just kidding, Complex.com said it. Awesome troll job is awesome right? (everyone is going to link to this, so yes, … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Mass Media, Rant, SW:TOR | 6 Comments

Bernie Madoff was a great investor. Used the wrong payment model.

Posted on November 8, 2012 by SynCaine

“I think there will definitely be failures within the next 12 to 24 months. Many who are entering the market right now are doing it as almost a money-grab. But subscription is dead. [Star Wars:] The Old Republic was the … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, DDO, EVE Online, League of Legends, Lord of the Rings Online, Mass Media, MMO design, Random, Rant, Rift, RMT, SW:TOR, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 23 Comments

GW2 reaches Lineage 1 level of success for a quarter. Grats Anet!

Posted on November 7, 2012 by SynCaine

NCSoft reported their quarterly earnings. The biggest surprise? Lineage 1 and Guild Wars 2 are pretty close in overall sales. Of course that’s not totally fair, seeing as how GW2 just came out, uses the B2P model, and had a … Continue reading →

Posted in Guild Wars, Mass Media, Rant | 24 Comments

Darkfall:UW – Best Case

Posted on November 6, 2012 by SynCaine

With Darkfall set to release in two weeks, I want to write down my expectations for the game. Today will be a best-case post, while tomorrow I’ll do worst-case. If nothing else, it will be interesting to revisit these post-release … Continue reading →

Posted in crafting, Darkfall Online, Housing, Mass Media, MMO design, PvP | 7 Comments

Fantastic Xcom review

Posted on October 25, 2012 by SynCaine

In case anyone here has not picked this title up, I’d highly recommend reading this review from Gamespy. I think its very fair and hits all the right points. For me Classic Ironman mode really has lead to some highs and … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, Random | 5 Comments

Tell me if you’ve heard this one before

Posted on October 22, 2012 by SynCaine

A year and a half ago SOE scrapped EQNext and totally revamped the game to be the “largest sandbox style MMO ever designed”, yo. John Smedley promises, and puts the fine and well-respected SOE name behind that promise! Of course, … Continue reading →

Posted in EQ2, Mass Media, MMO design, Rant | 4 Comments

Rift: Storm Legion – Who put this sand in here?

Posted on October 22, 2012 by SynCaine

James, a community manager from Trion recently reached out to me and asked if I’d be interesting in taking Rift’s upcoming expansion Storm Legion for a guided tour. While I’m not currently playing Rift, and my reasons why are well … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, crafting, Housing, Mass Media, MMO design, Rift | 13 Comments

The magic future should be here any minute now

Posted on October 12, 2012 by SynCaine

The Massively comments section giveth once more: My favorite part of F2P is how most people perceive converting to that business model is a failure when the two MMO’s on that spear headed the movement, LOTRO and DDO, saw revenue … Continue reading →

Posted in DDO, EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, Mass Media, Rant, RMT | 24 Comments