Category Archives: Random

Quick update

Posted on January 10, 2012 by SynCaine

Sorry for the lack of posts of late, been under the weather a bit. First a quick note about TW Shogun 2; it’s more fun than I initially though. Once I figured most of the systems out, and got the … Continue reading →

Posted in crafting, EVE Online, Inquisition Clan, Random | 6 Comments

I find it really sad how the dominance of World of Warcraft has led so many people to believe that the way WoW does it is the only possible way to make a MMORPG.

Posted on January 4, 2012 by SynCaine

I still don’t have an answer for how SWTOR will do. But increasingly I think the playerbase for MMOs won’t ever let another game do a WoW, they just have lost the patience we used to have for long term … Continue reading →

Posted in DoTA, EVE Online, League of Legends, Mass Media, MMO design, Random, Rant, SW:TOR, Ultima Online, World of Warcraft | 48 Comments

Shogun 2 mini-review

Posted on January 3, 2012 by SynCaine

While the Steam Holiday sale did not do much for me, I did pick up Total War: Shogun 2 and its DLC (all but the campaign) for about $10. I was tempted to grab Deus Ex as well, but I … Continue reading →

Posted in Random | 3 Comments

More war, and Steam’s holiday sale being meh

Posted on December 29, 2011 by SynCaine

Good times are here again! And by good times I mean another war-dec. A random Corp has declared against us, and everyone in the Corp is pretty excited to bring out some PvP ships and see what happens. The guys … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Inquisition Clan, Random | 13 Comments

What 2012 may bring

Posted on December 23, 2011 by SynCaine

Stealing a blog post idea from TAGN today (not that he invented it, but reading his sparked mine, so yea). MMOs in 2012. EVE: Assuming the server is still up (bhahaha), I’ll be playing EVE. My last go with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, EVE Online, League of Legends, Random, SW:TOR, World of Warcraft | 8 Comments

Life after the AAA MMO

Posted on December 19, 2011 by SynCaine

Last week I wrote about SW:TOR being a bad business deal (something I also stated more than a year go). Today I want to continue that line of thought, focusing on why I want current-day AAA MMOs to go the … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, EVE Online, Mass Media, MMO design, Random, Rant, Rift, SW:TOR, World of Warcraft | 22 Comments

PoxNora on Steam, yay. SOE owns PoxNora, boo.

Posted on December 15, 2011 by SynCaine

The good news, PoxNora is on Steam. Why is this important? Because SOE owns PoxNora now, which would suggest you need to use their launcher to play the game. For those of you living under a rock, SOE + launcher … Continue reading →

Posted in PvP, Random, Rant, RMT | 9 Comments

If a stock’s IPO is zero, does the IPO really happen?

Posted on December 13, 2011 by SynCaine

Remember when I bought Zynga using some of my Darkfall Community Publisher cash a few days ago? Not looking like a great move… Maybe Dr. Lord Richard British A. Garriott de Cayeux Spaceman Jones the Ninth can give me some advice. … Continue reading →

Posted in Diablo 3, Mass Media, Random, Rant, RMT | 3 Comments

EVE market regions and more Skyrim praise

Posted on December 12, 2011 by SynCaine

One of my favorite ‘features’ in EVE is how markets are broken up into regions, at least in terms of averages and being able to see what is listed and where from any given station. I enjoy this because prices … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Random | 7 Comments

Skyrim mods through Steam

Posted on December 6, 2011 by SynCaine

Link. Can not even begin to express how great it’s going to be to pull mods and have them auto-install through Steam. I absolutely HATE doing that stuff manually in other games, especially when so many mods are little fixes … Continue reading →

Posted in Patch Notes, Random | 2 Comments