Category Archives: Rant

Epic Game Store exclusives walkback

Posted on April 26, 2019 by SynCaine

Back in December I predicted that one of the differentiator points Epic was trying to have with its store, the 2 week long return policy, would end up being changed. It then got changed in Jan, to be exactly the … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Rant, Steam Stuff | 2 Comments

Season Passes are the new hotness, and I’m OK with that

Posted on March 25, 2019 by SynCaine

I’ve always been a fan of the subscription model vs cash shops in games. Back in the day this conversation was limited to MMOs, but today basically everything uses some hybrid model, either starting with F2P or a box+shop/dlc. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans, League of Legends, PUBG, Rant, RMT | 9 Comments

Epic Game Store exclusives I actually care about

Posted on March 22, 2019 by SynCaine

In addition to more favorable rates for developers, a big differentiator from Steam for the Epic Games Store is exclusives. Exclusives overall annoy me because I don’t want more Steam-clones to browse, just like I don’t want more Netflix clones … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, Random, Rant, Steam Stuff | 9 Comments

A game about watching paint dry would sell more copies

Posted on March 13, 2019 by SynCaine

I’m going to add another log to the fire that is “Polygon has an article about an indie dev talking about how hard it is to be an indie dev”. I wrote a post about this back in Oct of … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, Random, Rant, Steam Stuff | 10 Comments

The influencer and the eSport star

Posted on December 17, 2018 by SynCaine

I’d love to say influencers don’t matter. I’d love to point and laugh at the Kardashians and call them talentless wastes of space, or joke about how vapid and soulless ‘instagram models’ are. Or to ridicule a game company for … Continue reading →

Posted in League of Legends, Mass Media, PUBG, Rant, World of Warcraft | 5 Comments

Blizzard confirms that Blizzard stinks now

Posted on December 14, 2018 by SynCaine

It took longer than I expected, but Blizzard has announced that Heroes of the Storm’s days are numbered. I’m sure all three current players are very disappointed. The news is significant for one major reason; this is the first time … Continue reading →

Posted in DoTA, EQ2, League of Legends, Mass Media, MMO design, Rant, SOE being SOE, World of Warcraft | 16 Comments

SuperCell sees Bethesda acting stupid, says “Hold my beer”

Posted on December 11, 2018 by SynCaine

Hot off the heels of Bethesda trashing their own reputation with idiocy, we have Supercell releasing a straight-up terrible update to Clash Royale, and then doubling down on that with this horrid Reddit post. Short summary of the major point … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash Royale, iPhone, Rant, RMT | 7 Comments

Two week return policy for games is insanity

Posted on December 4, 2018 by SynCaine

I’m on record here as being a big fan of Steam. It makes buying, updating, and playing games easy, and has enough social features to support that side of gaming as well. If anything, I wish they did more on … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, Rant, Steam Stuff | 13 Comments

How to bury your reputation as a dev, for just $5!

Posted on November 29, 2018 by SynCaine

I’m not sure I’ve ever witnessed a well-respected developer fall from grace as fast as Bethesda is falling right now with this entire Fallout76 fiasco. Blizzard’s fall was slower, with welfare epics in WotLK being a minor hint rather than … Continue reading →

Posted in Fallout 3, Mass Media, Rant | 10 Comments

Fallout 76: Bethesda is going to address the issues

Posted on November 7, 2018 by SynCaine

I found this post very encouraging and informative about the F76 beta and what Bethasda is going to do with the game prior to launch. Its a bit long so let me save you some time and give you a … Continue reading →

Posted in Fallout 3, Rant | 8 Comments