Category Archives: Rant

DarkFall: EuroGamer is here to make us laugh yet again. 4/10 style this time.

Posted on July 19, 2009 by SynCaine

As others have pointed out, the bastion of journalistic integrity, Eurogamer, has another DarkFall review up. It seems since release, DarkFall is now 100% better in the ever-virtuous eyes of EG, funny how that works… To quickly summerize the four … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Mass Media, Rant | 36 Comments

It’s Curt in the car up next, hi Curt.

Posted on July 10, 2009 by SynCaine

Have you ever listened to local sports radio, and heard callers suggest beyond ridiculous trades? You know, the one that goes something like “We get their star players, and we give them three of our bench guys that are underperforming … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, Rant, RMT | 40 Comments

Guess the asshole.

Posted on June 26, 2009 by SynCaine

Every once in a while, we all pull a Eurogamer and get our facts wrong. It happens, most people apologize, no big deal. Sometimes, for whatever reason, we defend a company and help support their bullshit, going so far as … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Rant | 34 Comments

CCP’s cruel joke.

Posted on June 26, 2009 by SynCaine

I re-subbed one of my EVE Online accounts last night, and today I get a ‘Come back for five days free’ email from CCP about that same account. F U CCP. Double F U  because I could actually use this … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Rant, Site update | 8 Comments

Blizzard on WG: We did not want that PvP anyway

Posted on June 23, 2009 by SynCaine

100+ vs 100+ player battles are apparently too difficult for Blizzard to figure out after only having 5+ years to work on it. Or, if you try to issue a pass like some people, it’s just technically not possible to … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, EVE Online, PvP, Rant, RvR, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 53 Comments

The wait for NA-1…

Posted on June 15, 2009 by SynCaine

…unbearable. This is worse than waiting for a beta to go live, because at least in beta everyone is playing like its beta and you know it does not count/matter. This is worse because half the population is in “I … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Rant | 4 Comments

Subscription vs RMT: Who will save the poor noobs with no time to play?

Posted on June 10, 2009 by SynCaine

It seems it’s been too long since everyone’s second favorite topic (hardcore vs casual being #1), RMT, has been discussed. Tobold has two posts about it and recently DDO went F2P. As readers here know, I’m not a huge fan … Continue reading →

Posted in Atlantica Online, Darkfall Online, DDO, MMO design, Rant, Ultima Online, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 14 Comments

Another amazing FreeRealms record!

Posted on June 3, 2009 by SynCaine

“First” concert record for Free Realms. The string of amazing press releases continues, which is at least a good source of entertainment thanks to Free Realms. And just like DarkFall is the place for all those basement-dwelling sociopaths, at least … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, FreeRealms, Mass Media, Random, Rant, Site update | 1 Comment

SOE one-ups Turbine on awesome achievements

Posted on May 15, 2009 by SynCaine

While this is indeed impressive, ‘selling’ a free product to so many people so quickly, we all know the REAL measure of success is how many characters have been created, right Turbine? (Yes yes, FR will likely make SOE good … Continue reading →

Posted in FreeRealms, Mass Media, Random, Rant | 3 Comments

Final word on the Eurogamer slander piece.

Posted on May 7, 2009 by SynCaine

Game. Set. Match. Well played Aventurine. Good luck to that hack Ed Zitron in pursuing his career as a writer, and good luck to Eurogamer, your name and site now being the punch line of a joke among gamers. Hope … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Mass Media, Rant | 28 Comments