Category Archives: Random

Significantly insignificant interview with Blizzard

Posted on October 16, 2008 by SynCaine

Gamesindusty.biz has an interview with Paul Sams of Blizzard that’s worth checking out. Not for any factual reason, but because of the entertainment it provides. In true Blizzard fashion, Sams does his best to avoid any actual mention of an … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, Random, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 5 Comments

My thoughts on BlizCon? Pay only $3 and find out below!

Posted on October 14, 2008 by SynCaine

BlizCon has come and gone, leaving behind a whirlwind of… microtransactions? Yes, it would seem the company raking in the cash with WoW intends to go the way of the asian and charge you a few cents/dollars for useless crap, … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, World of Warcraft | 5 Comments

The true value of the CE edition of Warhammer, and my busted 9600GT card.

Posted on September 23, 2008 by SynCaine

I received my Collectors Edition of Warhammer Online over the weekend, and it was $30 well spent. All of the in-game stuff is hit or miss depending on preference (I like the DE face, most don’t), but at worst it … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 4 Comments

Warhammer Dwarf starting area, and the heat monster persists.

Posted on September 11, 2008 by SynCaine

Aria and I finally got to play some Warhammer open beta last night, and overall had a good time. We created dwarves just for kicks (we will be playing DEs at launch). Ironbreaker for me, Engineer for her, and made … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Random, Warhammer Online | 7 Comments

The real Warhammer Online comparision!

Posted on September 9, 2008 by SynCaine

So full of win.

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AoC in a Wall of Text nutshell.

Posted on September 5, 2008 by SynCaine

If Yahtzee ever actually played a game for longer than 10 minutes, took a breath, stopped being a spoken word forum troll, and had to type, it might look something like this. Pure win.

Posted in Age of Conan, Random | 1 Comment

Mark Jacobs blog, Open Beta, and CPU issues.

Posted on September 5, 2008 by SynCaine

Mark Jacobs not only started a blog, but has been a one man typing machine ever since. It’s almost scary really; the guy posts and replies more than Tobold. I doubt our blog overlord will take this lightly, and has … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Random, Warhammer Online | 3 Comments

Listen to me ramble!

Posted on August 23, 2008 by SynCaine

Adam is back after… well a LONG time away, and has put together another quality podcast. Adam, Luper, and myself talk about a bunch of MMO goodness. Copy/paste incoming. Adam’s back with another show!  In this episode, Adam, Luper from … Continue reading →

Posted in Age of Conan, DDO, EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Podcast, Random, Vanguard, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | Comments Off on Listen to me ramble!

This is your MMO Jesus?

Posted on August 23, 2008 by SynCaine

Someone should re-make WoW/The Sims, with the Mac OS interface, aimed at 5 year olds looking for ‘fun’ mail delivery grinding. Then it should be called ‘next gen’, because the future of MMOs is to make everything ‘optional’, even if ‘fun’ … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, Random | 13 Comments

Power to the MMO people!

Posted on July 11, 2008 by SynCaine

/begin rant A good game is one that you enjoy (or enjoyed) playing. You can ‘burn out’ on a good game. (see WoW) It sounds so simple, yet lately I’ve been reading a whole lot of contradictions in both posts … Continue reading →

Posted in Age of Conan, MMO design, Random, World of Warcraft | 11 Comments