Category Archives: Random

No Forumfall makes me sad

Posted on June 10, 2013 by SynCaine

The DF:UW forums have been down for over 24 hours, and it’s driving me insane. Funny how big a part of my enjoyment that aspect of the game is. Lots of siege action tonight for OTG. Should be interesting.

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Gaming moving in the right direction (mine)

Posted on June 4, 2013 by SynCaine

Remember when certain people would argue that World of Tanks is not pay-to-win? That gold ammo can’t aim for you and gold tanks aren’t even that great and blablabla? They look a bit silly now that the company behind the … Continue reading →

Posted in League of Legends, Random, Rant, RMT | 13 Comments

SimCity MMO still going strong

Posted on April 25, 2013 by SynCaine

Looks like the 2.0 patch for SimCity the MMO is a huge hit. In EA’s defense, running an MMO is really hard, and they are new at this, so lets just give the little guy a chance!

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The Tortanic band is still playing everyone!

Posted on March 29, 2013 by SynCaine

There is a lot that can be said about this piece from Massively about SW:TOR, but it’s Friday so I’ll just get right to the good stuff: Based on BioWare’s pre-launch metrics, the team expected players to get through the … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Rant, SW:TOR | 15 Comments

Digging out of the hole

Posted on March 16, 2013 by SynCaine

Oh EA. Someone has already proven your game can be played offline just fine, yet now you insult the dummies who bought your village simulator AND MMO fans by calling your pile of junk an MMO? Only EA (and maybe … Continue reading →

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Fallen Enchantress, SimCity, Darkfall, Kickstarter

Posted on March 12, 2013 by SynCaine

I picked up Fallen Enchantress when it was on sale. The main problem I have with the game is it’s not Eador, which is unfair to FE itself but such is life. It’s not bad, and has some interesting systems, … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Random, The Sims 3 | 19 Comments

Forcing the issue

Posted on March 6, 2013 by SynCaine

Yesterday the topic of Origin holding back SimCity and other titles focused on the player’s perspective. Today I want to focus on the devs. Imagine you’re part of the team creating SimCity, and some suit from EA tells you to … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Rant | 20 Comments

Problem at the source

Posted on March 4, 2013 by SynCaine

I consider myself a fan of SimCity in general, and the upcoming release should be on my radar. The game requiring you to log into EA’s Origin is a dealbreaker. No matter how great this new version is, I’m simply … Continue reading →

Posted in Diablo 3, Random | 36 Comments

Be un-massive for a reason

Posted on February 15, 2013 by SynCaine

One of my least favorite parts of blogging is presenting a topic and having people directly apply it to the now. The best example of this is talking about item loss, and having WoW players say it would never work … Continue reading →

Posted in DDO, EVE Online, MMO design, Random, Rant, SW:TOR | 21 Comments

Sky-clone please

Posted on February 14, 2013 by SynCaine

I’ve been playing a good bit of Skyrim: Dawnguard of late. Quality DLC to a game I’m fairly sure I’ll never see all of, even without the recently released DLC Dragonborn. Skyrim will be on my PC for a while, … Continue reading →

Posted in Guild Wars, MMO design, Random, SW:TOR, The Elder Scrolls Online | 14 Comments