Category Archives: Random

Gaming is pretty great right now

Posted on March 20, 2017 by SynCaine

The “Gaming is in a great spot right now” trend continues, at least outside the MMO space (and in that too, if you happen to be flying a spaceship), so lets talk about a few of the items. Overall if … Continue reading →

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Battle Brothers – Keeping pace, recovering from setback

Posted on March 13, 2017 by SynCaine

It’s rare in single-player games that you can bounce back from a setback. Usually you are either progressing towards victory, or you are defeated. Take for example a typical game of Civilization. At the start (on a decent difficulty level) … Continue reading →

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Battle Brothers full release coming March 24th, 2017

Posted on March 10, 2017 by SynCaine

If you don’t own Battle Brothers by now, you either A: suck, or B: avoid Early Access games at all costs. Well I’ve got good news and bad news. The bad news is I can’t fix your suck problem, that’s … Continue reading →

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Battle Brothers – Difficulty that keeps the pace

Posted on March 6, 2017 by SynCaine

I’m really, really enjoying Battle Brothers, to the point that it’s heavily cut into my EVE time and I’ve been in maintenance mode (market, industry, and PI updating only) the last few weeks now. Luckily EVE isn’t going anywhere, and … Continue reading →

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Battle Brothers:Death comes in many forms

Posted on March 1, 2017 by SynCaine

The best stories in gaming aren’t written by developers, but by you. The best stories in gaming are often enabled by developers who set the table, who provide the environment, but then let you drive the narrative and its ultimate … Continue reading →

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In time, you will know the tragic extent of my failings…

Posted on February 27, 2017 by SynCaine

Darkest Dungeon has defeated me, and I’m ok with that. I’ve been playing and greatly enjoying the new Radiant mode, which reduced some of the grind in DD, mostly in how many dungeon runs you need between a fresh recruit … Continue reading →

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Some people just don’t want a new experience

Posted on February 21, 2017 by SynCaine

I’ve been playing a solid amount of Darkest Dungeon since the release of the Radiant mode patch. For a still-accurate overview of my thoughts on the game, here is my review post from 2015. Radiant mode shortens the game, but … Continue reading →

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Amazon Games Studio is already dead

Posted on February 15, 2017 by SynCaine

Amazon Game Studios (AGS) is dead before it even released their first game. How do I know this? Because they signed John “After EQ1 everything I touch burns to the ground, with each failure burning faster then the one before” … Continue reading →

Posted in EQ2, EQNext, FreeRealms, Kickstarter, MMO design, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Random, Rant, SOE being SOE, Steam Stuff | 8 Comments

XCOM Long War 2 – Additional thoughts

Posted on February 7, 2017 by SynCaine

More random thoughts on the Long War 2 mod for XCOM 2 today. The random map generator is on full display in the mod, since you play a lot more missions than in the base game, and it’s pretty great. … Continue reading →

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Games that are never finished, until they actually are

Posted on February 2, 2017 by SynCaine

Two items that occurred recently that have me questioning the current state of gaming a bit. The first is the upcoming update for Battle Brothers (BB), which sounds freaking awesome (and I think will mark the end of Early Access … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Steam Stuff | 5 Comments