Category Archives: Random

The not-so-short “what I’m playing” update

Posted on February 9, 2015 by SynCaine

First, thanks to most who commented in last weeks little checkup on the MMO genre, good times. I’d say lets hope when we revisit in 2016 we finally have a F2P champion to make things a little more interesting, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Boom Beach, Clash of Clans, Final Fantasy XIV, iPhone, League of Legends, Random | 9 Comments

Best in the world!

Posted on February 1, 2015 by SynCaine

All is right with the world once more, and not even another circus catch could deny inevitability.

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Avernum: Escape from the Pit review

Posted on January 29, 2015 by SynCaine

I pointed out more than a week ago that Avernum: Escape from the Pit was on sale, and that it was worth picking up. Based on the exact science that is my Steam Activity page, many of you did. Good … Continue reading →

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Playing games “the right way”

Posted on January 20, 2015 by SynCaine

I think I’ve written about this before, related to MMOs and really ‘buying in’ when playing, but playing Avernum right now and recently having beaten Farcry has reminded me that sometimes, a key to really enjoying a game is “playing … Continue reading →

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Smed being Smed?

Posted on January 16, 2015 by SynCaine

SOE being SOE is well established, but do we now need a sub-category for them with Smed being Smed? I think we might. I present you exhibit A: “We will NOT be selling Guns, Ammo, Food, Water… i.e. That’s kind … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Rant, SOE being SOE | 9 Comments

Farcry 4 finished, some thoughts

Posted on January 13, 2015 by SynCaine

So a few days ago I ‘finished’ Farcry 4. I say finished in ‘finished’ because I didn’t complete all of the side quests before finishing the main storyline mission, and there is certainly plenty of other stuff for me to … Continue reading →

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Heroes of Might and Magic 3 HD – Why am I not excited?

Posted on January 7, 2015 by SynCaine

There have been a lot of solid turn based strategy games released in recent years. Just off the top of my head, we have Civ V, XCOM, Heroes of Might and Magic 6, Eador, Fallen Enchantress, Endless Legend, Age of … Continue reading →

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Farcry is a better virtual world than most games aiming to be virtual worlds

Posted on December 30, 2014 by SynCaine

Cheap and short “I’m on vacation” blog post incoming. The new PC is awesome, thanks for asking. Having everything on one large SSD drive is not only fast, but also convenient. No more worrying about which drive to put this … Continue reading →

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Hex+Hearthstone: What should have been

Posted on December 5, 2014 by SynCaine

Having just wrapped up an arena winning 7 games, my main thought for the last 3-4 games was “make it end”. I kept playing just because, but yea, not really fun. Mage deck that happened to pull 4 flamestrikes, zzzz … Continue reading →

Posted in iPhone, Random | 44 Comments

Hearthstone: Wake up, roll dice, return to nap

Posted on December 4, 2014 by SynCaine

If you’re like most people, well actually if you are like most people you aren’t playing Hearthstone. But if you are among the select few who found the game way, way down in the app store somehow, I’m sure by … Continue reading →

Posted in iPhone, Random, Rant, World of Warcraft | 14 Comments