Category Archives: Site update

Seeing red

Posted on May 17, 2010 by SynCaine

In a move that took a little longer than we initially planned, myself and two close friends left the VAMP alliance and joined Blood, following in the footsteps of three others who about a month ago made a similar move. … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, MMO design, PvP, Site update, Uncategorized | 6 Comments

Why all but 330k people should hate EVE

Posted on May 14, 2010 by SynCaine

I’m starting to really hate EVE Online. I’m starting to hate it because it makes all other MMOs look like crude kids toys, like silly side activities you dabble in before getting back to the ‘real’ game. It makes events … Continue reading →

Posted in Asheron's Call, Combat Systems, crafting, Darkfall Online, EVE Online, Guild Wars, MMO design, Rant, RMT, Site update, Ultima Online, Uncategorized, World of Warcraft | 36 Comments

Send me free stuff, get praised.

Posted on May 12, 2010 by SynCaine

As I mentioned before, I received a copy of the Guild Leader’s Handbook to read and review, but Ravious over at Kill Ten Rats beat me to posting about it and says more or less what I would have said. … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, Random, Site update, Uncategorized | 4 Comments

Switching campaigns

Posted on May 10, 2010 by SynCaine

Over the weekend a decent amount of Guild Wars was played, both by Aria and I in the Prophesies settings and solo when I created a Dervish in the NightFall campaign. Our duo finally left the starter area, and overall … Continue reading →

Posted in Guild Wars, Site update, Uncategorized | 8 Comments

EVE’s very own Ed Zitron encounter

Posted on May 7, 2010 by SynCaine

Ah all day work training, how I love you. At least it’s Friday. And as the week ends, I can’t help but reflect on the EVE-related activities of this week. For one, the game came out ahead if for no … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Mass Media, Site update, Uncategorized | 19 Comments

Getting going with Guild Wars

Posted on May 4, 2010 by SynCaine

As has been mentioned here a few times, Aria and I have recently started playing the Guild Wars Trilogy after purchasing the game on sale from Amazon. I’ve rolled a Necro/Monk, she is a Ranger/Elementalist, and we started in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Guild Wars, Site update, Uncategorized | 26 Comments

“Yesterday was heavily laced with rage, to remember a single given moment is impossible.” – Boink 4/19

Posted on May 3, 2010 by SynCaine

On a lighter note for today, here is a little peek into life with my fiancé Aria. Turns out she likes FPS games and is an old-school CS player, so when she found out that I’ve been playing Bad Company … Continue reading →

Posted in Inquisition Clan, PvP, Random, Site update | 17 Comments

The dreams of an IP, and the inevitable reality

Posted on April 28, 2010 by SynCaine

Over vacation I read a good chunk of Vampire Wars, a collection of books set in the Warhammer universe all about the von Carstein vampire counts. Considering I’ve been reading Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series almost exclusively for the … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, Rant, Site update, Warhammer Online | 28 Comments

SC2, heat, the heat, and nuts

Posted on April 27, 2010 by SynCaine

First a quick note for any former DarkFall players, today Aventurine started their welcome back program, giving inactive accounts 14 free days to come back and see what has changed. All the details can be found here. If you have … Continue reading →

Posted in Console Gaming, Darkfall Online, Random, Site update | 5 Comments

Vacation, good. Computers, bad.

Posted on April 24, 2010 by SynCaine

On the plus side, vacation was phenomenal. Hard to beat an all-inclusive resort right on the beach in Mexico, and the break was much needed. The downside is that someone must have broken into our home while we were away, … Continue reading →

Posted in Console Gaming, Site update | 13 Comments