Category Archives: Random

NFL Friday Blog War

Posted on October 5, 2012 by SynCaine

Nothing at all to do with MMOs, other than that this epic trolling would fit right into ForumFall (coming Nov 20th as well!) If the link did not make you laugh you either don’t follow football, don’t have a soul, … Continue reading →

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China is a scary place for MMO gaming

Posted on October 4, 2012 by SynCaine

The China MMO market sounds terrifying. The whole video is almost an hour, but all of it just sounds awful. And not just because of the money issue, but because none of these games are actually designed to be fun … Continue reading →

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Xfire is pretty much the gaming equivalent of blackface

Posted on October 3, 2012 by SynCaine

How are people STILL confused by what Xfire represents? It’s not that hard, yet time and time again people get it so wrong it makes my head spin. So consider this the second blogging service post of the week. You’re … Continue reading →

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Defining Success in the MMO Genre

Posted on October 1, 2012 by SynCaine

How we measure success in the MMO genre varies from person to person. Or at least, what we call a success varies. Personal success, industry success, believing in success based on PR or ‘solid’ data; all of this gets mixed … Continue reading →

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Wallet vote

Posted on September 15, 2012 by SynCaine

I don’t often link to Kickstarter projects because while a lot of ideas sound great, we all know a great idea is not enough to actually make a great game. With that said, when people with experience making games like … Continue reading →

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EVE: Vile Rat

Posted on September 12, 2012 by SynCaine

Many sites have better posts than I could write about the real life death of EVE player Vile Rat, so I’ll just link to one piece in case anyone reads this site and might have missed it. Obviously tragic and … Continue reading →

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GW2: Anet bans ALL CoH players.

Posted on September 1, 2012 by SynCaine

Rumor has it Anet suspected everyone of exploiting a ‘bug’ that allowed players to fly. All bans will be done Nov 30th. Hopefully this really improves the CoH community, right guys?

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Someone at Funcom said something smart :hellfreeze:

Posted on August 31, 2012 by SynCaine

It might very well all be PR BS, but I like what Tørnquist from Funcom said about The Secret World: “We’re not going to play it safe,” Tørnquist assures players. “We won’t be introducing classes or levels, elves or dwarves, … Continue reading →

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How much would you pay for your niche?

Posted on August 15, 2012 by SynCaine

Shadowrun succeeded in its Kickstarter initiative. Congrats to them. 6000+ backers is a solid amount. $500k+ raised is like… one mission in Tortanic. Good stuff. Can I ask who the 27 people are that gave more than $1,000? Those have … Continue reading →

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Mainstream dilution, core gamer evolution

Posted on July 20, 2012 by SynCaine

I’m glad people enjoyed the article I linked to yesterday, and I wish I had seen it earlier as I really believe it does an excellent job breaking down how certain companies approach creating ‘games’ and also who is actually … Continue reading →

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