Category Archives: Random

DarkFall in-game reaction to Eurogamer.

Posted on May 6, 2009 by SynCaine

Silly sandbox…

Posted in Darkfall Online, Mass Media, Random | 6 Comments

Why I game.

Posted on April 14, 2009 by SynCaine

This post is going to be a little self-analysis about why I play MMOs, how I play then, and what keeps me going. For readers who have been around for a bit, you can probably guess some of the stuff … Continue reading →

Posted in Atlantica Online, Darkfall Online, EVE Online, Random, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 22 Comments

Playing in our sandbox

Posted on March 25, 2009 by SynCaine

Take a short break from the MMO martyr Crusade of the Miserable, Inquisition decided to play around in our DarkFall sandbox and just have some fun. (don’t worry, we were calling everyone the N word and talking non-stop about how … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, PvP, Random | 16 Comments

Quick DarkFall funny

Posted on March 21, 2009 by SynCaine

DarkFall is being patched right now, so you get a weekend post. Thank DarkFall. Found this on the forum: Every patch without patch notes is a slap in the face of a paying customer. DarkFall, too hardcore for patch notes. … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Patch Notes, Random | 8 Comments

Forbes says WoW is hardcore

Posted on March 17, 2009 by SynCaine

I know poking fun at mass media is easy, but this article is just full of win. It’s a good thing someone is finally going to expand the MMO market beyond the complex world Warcraft has with all those troll … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, Random, World of Warcraft | 11 Comments

Still no DarkFall for you

Posted on March 17, 2009 by SynCaine

Looks like DarkFall won’t go back on sale until the current server has had it’s queue issue resolved. That will happen ‘soon’,  like Blizzard content patch or SOE patcher ‘soon’. Good thing people avoided that ‘scam’ of pre-orders being limited … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, EQ2, Random, World of Warcraft | 6 Comments

Rats jumping off the Blizzard ship?

Posted on March 12, 2009 by SynCaine

Spotted this while checking financials. Acti-bliz is set to announce earnings later this month. When a director and the CEO start dumping their own companies stock before earnings are set to go public… well it’s not because they know earnings … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, Random, World of Warcraft | 31 Comments

Users and profit in the MMO space.

Posted on March 6, 2009 by SynCaine

Both Raph Koster and Tobold have posts up about a games user base and profitability. If this at all interests you, check both links out. The overall theme of the discussion is similar to my feelings about the iPhone app … Continue reading →

Posted in Atlantica Online, iPhone, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, Random, World of Warcraft | 4 Comments

Getting a Darkfall account, still hardcore.

Posted on March 5, 2009 by SynCaine

The website to order Darkfall has been accepting orders each day for roughly 5-10 minutes before closing again due to availability. During that 5-10 minute window, and roughly 30 minutes before and after, the website is slammed with traffic and … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Random | 22 Comments

Well I screwed something up…

Posted on February 25, 2009 by SynCaine

While editing the CSS for this blog, I changed… something… to make the header image disappear. Anyone have any idea wtf I could have changed to do this? The only change I made was editing the sidebar color. Is this … Continue reading →

Posted in Random | 5 Comments