Category Archives: Random

Pillars of Eternity 2 preview

Posted on February 21, 2018 by SynCaine

I received a preview copy of Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire through one of my usual sources, so here are some initial thought after about two hours of playtime (oddly Steam only tracked the game the first time I started … Continue reading →

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Another log on the ‘games cost too much to develop’ fire

Posted on January 18, 2018 by SynCaine

Raph Koster has another post up about game development costs, which continues the conversation we had here back in this post. This time he comes with more data, but I have some strong objections to said data, and again with … Continue reading →

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Battle Brothers – Game of the Year 2017

Posted on January 3, 2018 by SynCaine

Battle Brothers is my game of the year for 2017, and here is my review (posted on Dec 31st 2016, haha). The review still fully stands up, and happily BB has gotten some small updates since that time. Go buy … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Review, Site update | 3 Comments

Waiting for my new PC

Posted on December 19, 2017 by SynCaine

Knowing a new PC is coming has somewhat paralyzed me right now (I got this setup but went with the 1TB drive). I still play PUBG when people are around, I’ll play my daily games of ESL, and I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Endless Space 2 review

Posted on November 22, 2017 by SynCaine

I played Endless Space 2 (ES2) during its free weekend last week, and picked it up on Monday before the sale ended. It’s a good 4X strategy title, especially if you liked Endless Legends (basically the fantasy version of Endless … Continue reading →

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EA disables the ‘rape gaming’ option in SW:BF2, for now

Posted on November 17, 2017 by SynCaine

EA has caved, again, over the lockbox situation in SW:BF2. This time by removing the entire cash shop. Non-sheep rejoice, we won! Sheep people, enjoy your improved game despite your complicit sheep actions. Of course even in their ‘we are … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogroll, Random, Rant, RMT | 11 Comments

Sheep sheeping it up like sheep

Posted on November 13, 2017 by SynCaine

The new Star Wars Battlefield game has been in the news a lot recently, and mostly for negative reasons. For those unaware, SW:BF2 is a game made by EA that is the current poster child of shitty cash grabs. You … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Rant | 18 Comments

Asian whales

Posted on October 26, 2017 by SynCaine

The US has more millionaires than not only any other country in the world, but more than the next dozen or so combined. The US and Asia are pretty close in terms of billionaires, but that is a very small … Continue reading →

Posted in PUBG, Random, Rant, RMT, Uncategorized | 4 Comments

D:OS2 finished

Posted on October 25, 2017 by SynCaine

No spoilers here, just want to note that I wrapped up Divinity Original Sin 2, final playtime being 113 hours (that’s with restarting after completing act 1). Overall its still a great RPG, one that will be made better in … Continue reading →

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ESL: Twitch drops stink

Posted on October 19, 2017 by SynCaine

I’m still very much enjoying Elder Scrolls Legends (ESL), having purchased the final piece of the Dark Brotherhood expansion and collected its cards. I still have a few of the missions to beat on Master difficulty, but no rush on … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Rant, Uncategorized | 4 Comments