Category Archives: Random

LoL Dominion follow-up, and Bioshock

Posted on October 10, 2011 by SynCaine

League of Legend’s Dominion has been out for a bit now, and I’m still somewhat unsure about it. On the one hand, it’s a lot of fun and lets you play a bunch of different champions. On the other, I … Continue reading →

Posted in League of Legends, Random | 17 Comments

Avadon: The Black Fortress

Posted on October 3, 2011 by SynCaine

Picked up Avadon, The Black Fortress (Steam sale, of course) a few days ago, and I’m now about 5 hours into it. In a lot of ways it’s similar to Eschalon, which I wrote about here and here. It’s an … Continue reading →

Posted in Random | 6 Comments

Redsox: Cataclysm

Posted on September 29, 2011 by SynCaine

I don’t normally do this, given that this is mostly an MMO blog, but what happened last night in Baseball was stunning, historic, and gut-wrenching. This piece by Tom Verducci sums it up well. As a resident of the City … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, World of Warcraft | 12 Comments

LoL Dominion, Total War, and Borderlands

Posted on September 26, 2011 by SynCaine

League of Legend’s Dominion is out today. Hopefully the servers don’t totally explode. I think Dominion is a nice break from the traditional map (SR), certainly much better than the 3v3 map, but at the same time I don’t think … Continue reading →

Posted in League of Legends, Mount and Blade: Warband, Random | 9 Comments

This is what happens when the MMO genre sucks and I have ‘nothing to play’

Posted on September 6, 2011 by SynCaine

Random thoughts blog incoming. Played a little more Heroes 6 beta 2. Huge improvement from beta 1. All the little UI errors are gone, skills and spells make a lot more sense now, and the multiplayer is much better. I … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Combat Systems, Global Agenda, Random | 15 Comments

Breaking news: Games pitched as MMOs are not actually MMOs!

Posted on August 31, 2011 by SynCaine

Borderlands is more of an MMO than Global Agenda. It has a bigger “open world”, a longer character progression path, more itemization, more quests, more lore, etc. Both games are limited in how many people can be in one area, … Continue reading →

Posted in DoTA, Global Agenda, League of Legends, Mass Media, MMO design, Random, Rant, Rift, RMT, World of Warcraft | 17 Comments

Trion’s RoN will be MMORTS 2.0!

Posted on August 11, 2011 by SynCaine

Are you as excited for RoN not being pay-to-win as you are about Rift (1.2 and beyond) not being in Azeroth anymore? I know I am!

Posted in Random, Rant, Rift, RMT | 5 Comments

Dawntide: A little more time

Posted on August 9, 2011 by SynCaine

I played a little more Dawntide (I can’t explain why, other than that I’m a sucker for sandboxes I guess), and while I still would not recommend it to most people, I have seen a few noteworthy things. The combat … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Combat Systems, crafting, MMO design, Random | 1 Comment

I’m back, and the games I’m playing

Posted on August 5, 2011 by SynCaine

Finally back from vacation. The plan to blog while there did not exactly work out (you might have noticed), but the blogging break was nice as well. I’ve got the “how to get RPG players who turn to MMOs into … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Combat Systems, DoTA, iPhone, League of Legends, Mount and Blade: Warband, Random | 10 Comments

I need something explained to me

Posted on July 27, 2011 by SynCaine

Why do you put out a PR release that anyone who has every played anything remotely resembling an MMO can immediately spot the major issue with? Discover new stuff to craft by experimenting? Hi in beta someone is going to … Continue reading →

Posted in crafting, Mass Media, MMO design, Patch Notes, Random, Rant | 32 Comments