Category Archives: Random

Because 59 FPS just won’t do…

Posted on September 30, 2009 by SynCaine

I would like to think I’m normally strong willed regarding most things in life, with one very noticeable exception: gaming. Be it chasing a .05% crit upgrade in a themepark, grinding out some skill to 100 just to get it … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Patch Notes, Random | 6 Comments

The RL housing grind wins this round

Posted on September 25, 2009 by SynCaine

Sorry for the lack of updates the last few days, house construction is almost finished and the amount of calls, paperwork, and bs one has to deal with in order to complete this whole process is unreal. Nerf RL housing … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Patch Notes, Random, Site update | 5 Comments

Majesty 2 quick hit.

Posted on September 21, 2009 by SynCaine

I just wanted to make a quick post and let everyone know that Majesty 2 is now out (I got my copy from Direct 2 Drive, got to love 1mb+ download speed), and having played it a decent amount on … Continue reading →

Posted in Random | 4 Comments

Blood in the sand: battle video

Posted on September 18, 2009 by SynCaine

Here is a quality video of the battle I talked about in this post. Most of what is recorded here is from the parts of the battle Apollo was not involved with, as we were working on the other side … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, PvP, Random | 7 Comments

Community Service: Go help the old folks

Posted on September 14, 2009 by SynCaine

In his three year review post, TAGN shows that while he sends many a carebear to this blog, my little following of basement dwelling sociopaths on the crusade of the miserable don’t return the favor as often. This needs to … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Site update | 2 Comments

Your family vacation, McDonalds, and the MMO genre

Posted on September 4, 2009 by SynCaine

Keen has a well written post about his return to WoW and what the game is all about now. Read it made me realize the difference between some people in the real world, one that also seems to apply to … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, Random, Rant, World of Warcraft | 16 Comments

Idea for binding another game to an MMO

Posted on September 2, 2009 by SynCaine

With CCP announcing Dusk 514, a shooter-based MMO that will interact with EVE Online, Tobold ask’s what other MMOs would work well with a secondary product attached to them. My initial thought was to have player-controlled mobs facing off against … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, DDO, Dungeons and Dragons Online, EVE Online, MMO design, Random, World of Warcraft | 6 Comments

Fallen Earth: Some beta impressions

Posted on August 27, 2009 by SynCaine

I’ve had the Fallen Earth beta on my hard drive for a good week now, and have put in somewhere around 5-6 hours with it. From a technical perspective (graphics, sound, animations, FPS), if you have the top-end hardware to … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Fallen Earth, Fallout 3, Random | 10 Comments

Eight easy steps to becoming a ‘kind of a big deal’ blog

Posted on August 26, 2009 by SynCaine

This may come as a surprise to some, but generating traffic and comments on an MMO blog is not all that difficult. It’s also not (IMO) all that fun for the writer long-term, but if your beer money or (god … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogroll, Mass Media, Random, Rant, Site update, World of Warcraft | 42 Comments

Champions Online: My review (EG-style)

Posted on August 17, 2009 by SynCaine

If Champions Online survives longer than HellGate: London, it will be a miracle. I think the idea behind CO is to take CoH, make it suck, and try to get people to pay $200 up front for it before they … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Random, Rant | 36 Comments