Category Archives: Random

Trashfire, elves, builders, and blindness

Posted on June 6, 2017 by SynCaine

Collection of thoughts blog: The cover of PCGamer has a line about Destiny 2 coming to the PC, and how it will be the savior of the MMO genre. What’s sadder: that Destiny 2, a game that isn’t really an … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans, MMO design, Random | 5 Comments

Strangers and a mass grave

Posted on May 31, 2017 by SynCaine

Two fun items from Rimworld that just happened. Near my starting position there was a large sealed off chamber. When I dug one square away from the inner wall, a warning came up about an ancient evil possibly residing inside. … Continue reading →

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Rimworld review (alpha 17)

Posted on May 30, 2017 by SynCaine

Sorry for the lack of posting here of late, I had 2-3 posts in draft form and they just never came together. I’ll likely combine them into one “update on games I’m playing” post ‘soon’. Anyway, today lets talk about … Continue reading →

Posted in Kickstarter, Random, Review | 5 Comments

Investing in Pillars of Eternity 2 for fun and (hopefully) profit

Posted on May 15, 2017 by SynCaine

Back in January I posted about the Pillars of Eternity 2 funding campaign on Fig, which ultimately ended up at 400% of its requested funding. Along with asking for money straight up, Fig also allows you to buy shares at … Continue reading →

Posted in Kickstarter, Random | 4 Comments

The Division, Grim Dawn, and mobile games

Posted on May 10, 2017 by SynCaine

A random collection of thoughts about games, here goes. The Division was free last weekend on Steam, and I played it for about an hour. It was… fine? Good graphics and setting, but I failed to really see the point … Continue reading →

Posted in Boom Beach, Clash of Clans, Clash Royale, EVE Online, Goons, PvP, Random, Uncategorized | 11 Comments

Shared Battle Brothers game map code

Posted on April 8, 2017 by SynCaine

70a248 Set it to Expert, Ironman, random endgame. Goal is to retire at 30 days with the highest score (or last as long as you can until 30 days). Post the end result on Steam or link it here. Enjoy!

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Shared Battle Brothers game coming up, would you like to join?

Posted on April 6, 2017 by SynCaine

The most recent update to Battle Brothers allows for map sharing via a map code, which got Obmar thinking it would be fun to have a bunch of us all play on the same map, and see who can last … Continue reading →

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Early April gaming update

Posted on April 4, 2017 by SynCaine

Games I’m playing update. The most notable item is our Clash of Clans… clan is on a ten war winning streak, which I believe is our longest since the change to war matching to match win streak clans with others … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans, Clash Royale, EVE Online, Goons, Inquisition Clan, Random, The Elder Scrolls Online | 14 Comments

Battle Brothers leaves EA, Wartile is deep in it, and Grim Dawn review update

Posted on March 27, 2017 by SynCaine

Three quick items for today. First, Battle Brothers has officially left Early Access and is now released, so we can add one more example to the list of successful uses of EA. I’ve written a ton about the game, and … Continue reading →

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Grim Dawn review

Posted on March 21, 2017 by SynCaine

Since the release of Diablo 2, way back in the year 2000, basically every ARPG has been trying to be Diablo 3, yet none have truly succeeded, not even the actual Diablo 3. I’m not going to go so far … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Review | 6 Comments