Category Archives: Mount and Blade: Warband

Lore and Gameplay

Posted on August 24, 2011 by SynCaine

Lore should justify gameplay, rather than gameplay justifying lore. In other words, if my MMO setting does not use magic, but a level designer creates something pretty awesome that requires a hint of magic (floating platforms), you don’t scrap the … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, Mount and Blade: Warband, World of Warcraft | 8 Comments

I’m back, and the games I’m playing

Posted on August 5, 2011 by SynCaine

Finally back from vacation. The plan to blog while there did not exactly work out (you might have noticed), but the blogging break was nice as well. I’ve got the “how to get RPG players who turn to MMOs into … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Combat Systems, DoTA, iPhone, League of Legends, Mount and Blade: Warband, Random | 10 Comments

Knighturn on the iPhone and what I’m playing

Posted on June 22, 2011 by SynCaine

Knighturn for the iPhone is a great TBS game with terrible, terrible graphics. I’m actually convinced it’s a social experiment to see just how many people judge a title based on looks alone, as everything BUT how it looks is … Continue reading →

Posted in iPhone, League of Legends, Mount and Blade: Warband, Random, Site update | 4 Comments

I’d like to pay $100 for M&B: Warband

Posted on June 15, 2011 by SynCaine

M&B:Warband continues to dominate my time, and I’m beginning to feel a little bit like a thief. I mean, I picked the game up on a Steam sale for $10, and yet at well over 200+ hours played, I feel … Continue reading →

Posted in Mount and Blade: Warband, RMT, Site update | 17 Comments

M&B:W PoP army issue

Posted on June 6, 2011 by SynCaine

I’ve been playing a good amount of Mount and Blade: Warband (PoP mod) lately, especially with the newest version of PoP having fixed my last crashing issue. The game is pretty damn epic with everything maxed out, battle size set … Continue reading →

Posted in Mount and Blade: Warband, Random, SW:TOR | 3 Comments

Busy week IRL = Quick thoughts

Posted on May 23, 2011 by SynCaine

Yes, the Warband Saga post was a lie. But I can explain! Basically I’m on day 173 in my game, which means I’m beyond the intro phase and well into the mid-game. The post I started to write was first … Continue reading →

Posted in Mount and Blade: Warband, Patch Notes, Random, Rift, RMT | 11 Comments

M&B:W issue

Posted on May 22, 2011 by SynCaine

I know I said I’d post a Saga update, but um, I kinda forgot how good M&B is. Too busy playing. Sorry? (Long post up later today, for real this time (maybe)) PS: PoP is a stupid good mod. Just … Continue reading →

Posted in Mount and Blade: Warband | 1 Comment

LoL lols, PoP big bads

Posted on May 20, 2011 by SynCaine

This CAD comic about League of Legends is not only funny, but pretty accurate. I’m not sure expecting the community to ever be all flowers and hugs is reasonable though, it’s a PvP game after all, and some level of … Continue reading →

Posted in League of Legends, Mount and Blade: Warband, PvP | 7 Comments

M&B:W PoP plans

Posted on May 19, 2011 by SynCaine

Here is the updated plan for the M&B:W PoP story series: Instead of a small daily update, I’m going to do a larger weekly update. This lets me filter out the small stuff (yet another brigand band killed…) and focus … Continue reading →

Posted in Mount and Blade: Warband, Site update | 2 Comments

Returning to M&B:Warband, with PoP

Posted on May 17, 2011 by SynCaine

A few months ago I wrote a series of posts detailing my in-game Mount and Blade: Warband exploits. The series was enjoyable to write, and readers also seemed to enjoy them. Since then I’ve wanted to do something a little … Continue reading →

Posted in Mount and Blade: Warband, Site update | 4 Comments