Category Archives: Random

More Dragon Age

Posted on November 9, 2009 by SynCaine

Dragon Age is really bad for an MMO blog, direct your blame correctly. Seriously though, you know the game is good when all other gaming stops and you only play that one title. Especially considering DarkFall EU-NA transfers just happened, … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Site update | 15 Comments

Little more Dragon Age, and some DDO F2P thoughts.

Posted on November 6, 2009 by SynCaine

As I stated in my Dragon Age review, I was very impressed with the combat engine when, after finally defeating the first boss, one of my characters jumped on him and put his sword through the Ogre’s skull. All of … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, Darkfall Online, DDO, Dungeons and Dragons Online, MMO design, Patch Notes, Random, RMT | 13 Comments

Suck it Eurogamer

Posted on November 5, 2009 by SynCaine

Type “dragon age review” in Google and check out the first link on page two (currently anyway). Yup, ‘kind of a big deal’ blogger me. Now go ALLLLLL the way to the middle of page three. Yup, the trash heap … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, Random | 14 Comments

Dragon Age review

Posted on November 4, 2009 by SynCaine

Dragon Age Origins is out now, and much like I had hoped, it’s RPG gold once again from Bioware. I was cautiously optimistic about the game going in, and had avoided digging too deep into the pre-release hype, really only … Continue reading →

Posted in Random | 26 Comments

Monday Morning quick thoughts

Posted on November 2, 2009 by SynCaine

This is a good read from a returning player to DarkFall, with the most important point coming in the comments: just like in any good sandbox game, you have to go out and find the fun rather than wait for … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Darkfall Online, MMO design, Patch Notes, Random | 14 Comments

Dragon Age does hype the right way

Posted on October 27, 2009 by SynCaine

My anticipation for Dragon Age has been slowly ramping up, and not in the usual ‘watch ever movie/screen shot asap!’ way. I actually made it a point to avoid all that in order to keep the experience of playing the … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, Random | 8 Comments

Get to know Aventurine

Posted on October 15, 2009 by SynCaine

Aventurine has launched their company website, and it’s actually worth taking a look at. From the initial page, with it’s “slow for the short bus kids” statements, to the different pictures of DarkFall-branded sports cars, to gems like: Note: It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Mass Media, MMO design, Random, Site update | 1 Comment

Science proves why DarkFall > WoW.

Posted on October 12, 2009 by SynCaine

Science talks about videogames and how they might affect your brain. The TLDR version as provided by my fiancé: WoW = easy = dumb brain DarkFall = hard = smart brain She’s a keeper.

Posted in Console Gaming, Darkfall Online, Mass Media, MMO design, Random, World of Warcraft | 6 Comments

Metal Gear Batman: Arkham Asylum

Posted on October 7, 2009 by SynCaine

Batman: Arkham Asylum’s developer would make Blizzard jealous of their copy/paste skills. Dear god is this game Metal Gear Solid with Batman replacing Solid Snake. (It’s still a fun enough game mind you, but each new room/area just scream ‘remember … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Rant | 13 Comments

Homeless in DarkFall, and back to DDO

Posted on October 5, 2009 by SynCaine

Considering I did not touch the computer all Sunday, a whole lot of gaming still happened this weekend. My clan in DarkFall making some poor siege-related decisions, my return to DDO, and some single-player gaming all happened. In DarkFall, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, Darkfall Online, DDO, Dungeons and Dragons Online, Housing, PvP, Random, Site update, The Casualties Guild | 10 Comments