Category Archives: Site update

PAX East 2011

Posted on September 29, 2010 by SynCaine

PAX 2011 is still a few months away, but I picked up two 3 day passes yesterday just to ensure availability. I foolishly missed PAX 2010 and ended up regretting it, so that same mistake won’t be made in 2011. … Continue reading →

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Civilization V is out!

Posted on September 21, 2010 by SynCaine

A full (non-EG) review should be up either Thursday or Friday. Until then I’ll be in the command center for the next 48hrs+. Chuck-o-the-day: Chuck has already beaten Civ V on Deity.

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Darkfall: The expansion, ever closer

Posted on September 17, 2010 by SynCaine

Tasos posted an update regarding the recent connection issues, the upcoming expansion, and beyond. From the tone of the update it sounds like things are finally picking back up and the final touches are being put on the long-delayed expansion, … Continue reading →

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Fantasy Football last call

Posted on August 26, 2010 by SynCaine

Sending out the league invites tomorrow, so if you have not yet commented that you are in, do so now or miss out.

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Love and Rage

Posted on August 25, 2010 by SynCaine

One thing that I love about League of Legends is how rage-inducing it can get. It’s more or less a nightly occurrence on vent that one or more individuals will reach the breaking point after some horrible loss, and a … Continue reading →

Posted in Inquisition Clan, League of Legends, PvP, Rant, Site update | 14 Comments

Fantasy… football anyone?

Posted on August 25, 2010 by SynCaine

While I know it may be very dangerous to mix gaming (nerds) with sports (jocks), here goes: Anyone interested in playing in a Fantasy Football league? I figured since we have a solid group that follows this blog, perhaps we … Continue reading →

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Why MMO blogs ‘work’.

Posted on August 11, 2010 by SynCaine

In my last post I wondered aloud (or in text really) what an MMO blogger can do when he’s not playing an MMO actively and the genre itself seems to be in somewhat of a lull. Some supported the idea … Continue reading →

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MMO blog not about MMOs?

Posted on August 9, 2010 by SynCaine

Current blogging dilemma: Basically all of my gaming time has been non-MMO since returning from my honeymoon, nothing really interesting is happening in MMO land that I care to really write about (other than the upcoming Darkfall expansion), and something … Continue reading →

Posted in Civilization Series, Darkfall Online, Inquisition Clan, iPhone, Random, Site update | 20 Comments

It’s been three years already?

Posted on August 2, 2010 by SynCaine

And this blog turns 3! Actually it turned 3 years old a few weeks ago, but that whole getting married thing prevented a timely update, so this one is a little late. 3 years is a rather crazy length of … Continue reading →

Posted in Aion, Blogroll, Civilization Series, Darkfall Online, EQ2, EVE Online, Inquisition Clan, Random, Site update, Warhammer Online | 11 Comments

Maintaining gaming momentum

Posted on July 30, 2010 by SynCaine

I find that momentum is a very important aspect to playing an MMO for a prolong length of time, and it’s also very difficult to maintain, especially when RL forces a break. It’s also something that is equally influenced by … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Inquisition Clan, MMO design, Random, Site update | 10 Comments