Category Archives: Rant

LotRO: Still a dumpster

Posted on July 21, 2017 by SynCaine

On a whim I fired up LotRO, which was a mistake. I’m not sure the last time I played LotRO, but it’s been a while, perhaps as far back as the F2P change. My history with LotRO is that initially … Continue reading →

Posted in Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, Rant | 6 Comments

In case you needed a reminder why devs and the sane laugh at Gevlon

Posted on July 19, 2017 by SynCaine

This is overall a pretty funny post, and gets better in the comments section. Dear devs, how many players do you think you would have in your MMO if you follow this logic: I farmed 8 hours yesterday evening in … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, Random, Rant | 10 Comments

Short burst gaming

Posted on July 18, 2017 by SynCaine

I got 61 hours out of Dying Light, and at a cost of about $25, that was a good purchase in terms of gaming value. I got 9 hours out of Convoy, and at a cost of $3.50, that was … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans, Clash Royale, EVE Online, MMO design, Random, Rant, Steam Stuff | 3 Comments

WoW is gankbox, EVE is not

Posted on July 7, 2017 by SynCaine

And the gankbox discussion continues. What I find most interesting about all of this is that it reveals just how little most people understand about MMO design, or even what they themselves want in an MMO. Let’s talk about the … Continue reading →

Posted in Asheron's Call, Combat Systems, Dark Age of Camelot, Darkfall Online, EVE Online, Mass Media, MMO design, PvP, Rant, Ultima Online, World of Warcraft | 8 Comments

Rocket League is as boring as soccer

Posted on June 29, 2017 by SynCaine

Can someone explain to me why Rocket League is fun? I picked the game up via Steam sale, but I can’t figure out where the fun is, so I need some help here. I find soccer cripplingly boring, both to … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Rant, Steam Stuff | 9 Comments

Today I am officially old

Posted on June 20, 2017 by SynCaine

No, it’s not my birthday, thanks for asking. This article at Polygon has the top 10 influential gamers list, and I’ve heard of exactly zero of them. The comments on the article echo my feelings; its a generational gap thing, … Continue reading →

Posted in Rant | 12 Comments

Battle Brothers development has come to an end

Posted on June 16, 2017 by SynCaine

My last post talked about the regret of playing a game before all of its content, including DLC, was release. In this post, I complain about the exact opposite, because gamers are children… Battle Brothers, which you should already own … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Rant, Steam Stuff | 3 Comments

New Tyranny content I’ll never see

Posted on June 14, 2017 by SynCaine

Tyranny has new content available today, including a free patch and paid DLC. The free patch adds newgame+ mode, among other changes. The DLC is additional side story content, along with new background quests for a few companions. Both of … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Rant | 3 Comments

The problem with eternal Early Access

Posted on May 2, 2017 by SynCaine

PC Gamer recently had a good article about Survival games (ARK, Rust, etc) almost never making it out of Steam’s Early Access, whether or not that was the correct use of the system, and if overall that’s a problem. The … Continue reading →

Posted in ARK, MMO design, Rant, Steam Stuff | 11 Comments

EVE: CCP Falcon is running a thousand ratting bots himself, proof inside!

Posted on April 27, 2017 by SynCaine

Look, more alternative facts that Goons are dead. So dead we are the most economically active alliance in the game. The RMT Empire is alive and well, everyone to the party yacht while our hordes of bots get us unassailably … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Goons, MMO design, Rant | 3 Comments