Category Archives: Rant

Finally MMO genre is free of Smed, at least for now

Posted on July 27, 2015 by SynCaine

Back from vacation, and this reentry Monday is ROUGH. After every vacation I question whether actually going on vacation is ‘worth it’, because coming back to 500+ emails to dig through isn’t a lot of fun, especially then all 500+ … Continue reading →

Posted in EQ2, EQNext, Random, Rant, RMT, SOE being SOE | 12 Comments

Early Access: Is it working?

Posted on July 9, 2015 by SynCaine

Being in somewhat of a ‘main game’ lull, I’ve been looking over my 100+ list of Steam games of late. In particular, I’m checking back in with a some of the Early Access titles I’ve purchased in the past but … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Rant, Steam Stuff | 1 Comment

GW doesn’t want my money after all

Posted on April 23, 2015 by SynCaine

Great, a Total War game without mod support, yay! I was actually going to write today about how I fear for my wallet with TW: Warhammer, because if there was ever an IP to milk DLC, it’s freaking Warhammer. $10-$15 … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Rant | 1 Comment

GTA V: The corpse of the Skyrim UI designer got reanimated I guess?

Posted on April 14, 2015 by SynCaine

Making a UI for a game can’t be hard. Now I don’t have personal experience making one, but seeing how often a mod for a game is a UI edit or complete overhaul, I’d bet good money it’s not THAT … Continue reading →

Posted in Console Gaming, Random, Rant | 10 Comments

HotS: Shut up newbie

Posted on March 24, 2015 by SynCaine

First, we have one spot open in our CoC clan, “Supreme Cream!”. If you are at least TH7 with lvl 2 dragons and a functioning brain, feel free to apply and just mention the blog. Also the Boom Beach Task … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans, Combat Systems, League of Legends, Random, Rant | 26 Comments

Crowfall: The MMO genre is a niche market

Posted on February 24, 2015 by SynCaine

Don’t you wish someone :cough: could have said in the past that Fantasy EVE would be something a few people might be interested in? Bet that guy’s blog is an awesome read… Self-pats aside, the Crowfall Kickstarter is live, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Crowfall, Kickstarter, Rant | 10 Comments

Games Workshop hates money, and me

Posted on February 18, 2015 by SynCaine

I recently tried the Warhammer conversion mod Warsword for Mount and Blade, and it was a pretty wild 24 hours in my brain. Right after installing it I got that amazing rush of “omg this is going to be awesome” … Continue reading →

Posted in Mount and Blade: Warband, Rant, Warhammer Online | 20 Comments

Quick thought about the next Fallout game

Posted on February 16, 2015 by SynCaine

The next Fallout game from Bethesda will hopefully be a two-to-five hour, linear, on-rails ‘aim for you’ shooter with a bit of story, but most of the story will be comic relief rather than a more series take on a … Continue reading →

Posted in Fallout 3, Random, Rant | 6 Comments

LotRO: You’ll never see Mordor

Posted on January 22, 2015 by SynCaine

Let’s talk about LotRO! Actually let’s not talk about the content of LotRO, because why make everyone suffer, but instead let’s talk about how things have gone for the game overall, and specifically under F2P. Spoiler alert: LotRO is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Lord of the Rings Online, Rant, RMT | 17 Comments

Pay to play, pay to spawn item

Posted on January 16, 2015 by SynCaine

One item I want to address today in light of Smed being Smed: Since the beginning of time, you have been able to pay another player real money to get something in a game. In UO I could buy a … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, Rant, RMT, SOE being SOE | 11 Comments