Category Archives: Random

State of Decay: The survival aspect survives for longer than 30 minutes!

Posted on September 2, 2014 by SynCaine

I’ve been playing a lot of State of Decay lately (Steam sale, what else), and I think it’s the best zombie survival game I’ve played so far, primarily because the threat/survival part lasts longer than 30 minutes or until you … Continue reading →

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Need one player for Fantasy Football

Posted on August 26, 2014 by SynCaine

As the title states, the Fantasy Football (American, not flopper soccer) league I run needs one more coach. First person to email me will get sent an invite. Everyone else will forever regret not emailing sooner.

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So Two World II is not good

Posted on July 24, 2014 by SynCaine

As the seemingly endless summer of “wtf do I play now” continues, I fired up Two Worlds 2 to give that a shot. Things aren’t going well on that front. The single biggest annoyance is the voice acting, especially for … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Steam Stuff | 6 Comments

Tales from Steam: 90% off

Posted on July 14, 2014 by SynCaine

So many questions about this. Like what is the end-game here? Because at 50 cents a copy, no amount of sales is going to amount to anything here, so what’s the point? 90% off is a bit much. This kinda … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Steam Stuff | 7 Comments

The humble bundle that keeps on giving

Posted on July 14, 2014 by SynCaine

League of Legends has been randomly lag-spiking for us recently, to the point where ranked play is now more frustrating than normal (a game mode that was already borderline more frustrating than it was worth). The real problem is that … Continue reading →

Posted in League of Legends, Random | 4 Comments

Re-confirmed: I’m kind of a big deal

Posted on July 9, 2014 by SynCaine

Knowing how many ‘real people’ readers a blog has, much less how much influence a writer has on his readers, is almost impossible to tell. WordPress provides view/visitor statistics of course, but based on personal experience those numbers aren’t 100% … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans, Darkfall Online, Mass Media, Random, Rant, Site update, Warhammer Online | 19 Comments

Risen related: Well that’s good timing

Posted on July 7, 2014 by SynCaine

Not only is Risen 1 and 2 on Steam sale today, but Risen 3 is coming out in August. Didn’t know any of that when I wrote my post below.

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Risen is a surprisingly great open-world RPG you should play

Posted on July 7, 2014 by SynCaine

I’ve been playing Risen since returning from vacation (picked up in a Humble Bundle pack a while back), and I’m very pleasantly surprised by the game. I went into it expecting/hoping for an “80% of Skyrim” type of experience, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, Random, Review | 5 Comments

Missing the Steam sale, not buying beta, leading in CoC

Posted on July 3, 2014 by SynCaine

Quick note about missing the Steam sale due to vacation: Unless Steam wasn’t sending out those “your wishlist game is on sale” notifications, I don’t think I would have picked up much, and I think the winter sale will be … Continue reading →

Posted in ArcheAge, Clash of Clans, iPhone, Random | 4 Comments

Big boy toys

Posted on June 12, 2014 by SynCaine

It wasn’t THAT long ago when video games were considered a kid’s toy. Now when someone asks me when I’m going to stop playing ‘games’, I tell them hopefully the afterlife has solid broadband. Given the above, it makes sense … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, Random, RMT, Star Citizen | 3 Comments