Category Archives: Random

Games I’m playing these days

Posted on November 4, 2014 by SynCaine

Little roundup of what I’ve been playing recently, because this is info you need to know. Clash of Clans: “Supreme Cream!” has hit 50 clan member, although a few are alts as we are holding two spots for former members … Continue reading →

Posted in Civilization Series, Clash of Clans, Final Fantasy XIV, League of Legends, Random | 3 Comments

So dumbed down its just dumb

Posted on November 3, 2014 by SynCaine

There is a good post and fun comments thread over at K&G about Blizzard’s upcoming League of Legend’s clone (get it), Heroes of the Storm. Here is Keen’s basic statement of the game: Heroes of the Storm is, essentially, a … Continue reading →

Posted in DoTA, League of Legends, PvP, Random | 42 Comments

Random: Did someone hack Comcast?

Posted on October 30, 2014 by SynCaine

Just got off the phone with Comcast, and not only was I put into contact with a human in short order, the human spoke English, didn’t BS me for 30 minutes, and actually clearly explained current options. Then, when I … Continue reading →

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Steam sales and wallet votes

Posted on October 10, 2014 by SynCaine

Quick item: After watching Werit’s video about Endless Legend, the game has moved up from “might buy” to “kinda want it now!” status. But realistically I just don’t have the game time for it right now due to RL, ArcheAge, … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Steam Stuff | 9 Comments

Patching, how does it work?

Posted on October 9, 2014 by SynCaine

A few small items as we wait all day for Trion to apply a 150 mini-patch: Inquisition is off to a good start in AA in terms of membership. We are averaging just under 10 people online most nights, and … Continue reading →

Posted in ArcheAge, Civilization Series, Clash of Clans, Final Fantasy XIV, Inquisition Clan, Random, Steam Stuff, Trion being Trion | Comments Off on Patching, how does it work?

Derek Smart is talking, and you won’t believe what he said THIS TIME!

Posted on September 25, 2014 by SynCaine

(About the title, it’s a joke on the beyond stupid trend of trash websites using that style of headlines to draw hits.) Just as we were all remembering the gift that is Derek Smart, out he comes once again to … Continue reading →

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Can we close the book on ‘accessibility’ now?

Posted on September 18, 2014 by SynCaine

File this as example 164,239 of “difficulty is good for everyone, faceroll is bad”: EVE Burner missions killing people make them enjoyable. This is pretty good timing too, given that Blizzard just confirmed example 164,238 (WotLK, the ‘accessible’ age, was … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans, EVE Online, MMO design, Random, Rant, World of Warcraft | 18 Comments

MMO players eat at Olive Garden

Posted on September 10, 2014 by SynCaine

Loving the ‘outrage’ some are experiencing over this whole Olive Garden promotion, because it reminds me so much of MMO players and the ‘outrage’ we display at times over an MMO. I mean you could literally replace “Olive Garden” with … Continue reading →

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Spam, freebies, rewards

Posted on September 9, 2014 by SynCaine

Slow days in blogging land of late, unless you are really into ‘debating’ definitions or pounding away at the corpse of a long-dead horse, so just a quick couple of notes for today. First, if you own a blog that … Continue reading →

Posted in Final Fantasy XIV, Random, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

We have time to make this, but not a sandbox PvE MMO

Posted on September 3, 2014 by SynCaine

Really gaming? A garbage truck simulator, and just $21 thanks to a sale!? I’ll take three!! I guess this is a bit like learning that Nascar is really popular. While most people see zero value in hours and hours of … Continue reading →

Posted in Random | 11 Comments