Chris "Syeric" Coke

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Date registered: July 25, 2009
URL: http://www.gamebynight.com

Latest posts

  1. Follow me at MMORPG.com where I cover games and hardware! — November 20, 2017
  2. Virtual Tabletop Face-Off – Roll20 Vs. Fantasy Grounds — May 5, 2017
  3. If you’re not reading Rant On Rob, you should be — May 4, 2017
  4. Book Review: Little Heaven by Nick Cutter — July 27, 2016
  5. Book Review: Death Follows by Cullen Bunn — March 16, 2016

Most commented posts

  1. FFXIV is Meant For Consoles; a Suggestion for ALL Players — 453 comments
  2. Two Cataclysm Beta Videos — 230 comments
  3. Book Review: Death Follows by Cullen Bunn — 126 comments
  4. Virtual Tabletop Face-Off – Roll20 Vs. Fantasy Grounds — 79 comments
  5. Are players wrong to feel entitled? — 49 comments

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The Ron Popeil WoW Tank – Set It and Forget It

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a. MMORPG

August 17, 2011

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This is interesting. (And thank you to Spinks for the tip). For as long as I can remember, WoW has suffered from a tank shortage. Over the years, Blizzard has done a lot to try to overcome this phenomenon with, quite generally, temporary results. According to this latest dev log, it seems that Blizzard has …

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Why RIFT Has One Million Subscribers and Other Games Don’t

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a. MMORPG

August 16, 2011

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Gamasutra has an article up today revealing our the first concrete subscriber numbers for Trion Worlds’ RIFT. In it, Vice President, David Reid, reveals the following: He first turned to Rift, the company’s first release from March, which he explained now has over one million customers and is the “second largest MMO in the West.” First …

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Making Time to Be Healthy

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a. MMORPG, d. Everything Else

August 13, 2011

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  Scarybooster has a good post up encouraging gamers to break the stereotype of being overweight, unmotivated, and generally thought of as lazy. We all know how un-true this is, but one thing I’ve noticed is that a lot of my gaming buddies don’t find time for exercise in their daily routine. There are the …

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The Irony of Challenge in RIFT

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a. MMORPG

August 11, 2011

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Many players who say the game is too easy are the same who use macros in their normal rotations. RIFT will literally let you simplify fighting down to two buttons, in some cases, and three in most others. How do you complain because content is too easy from one side of your mouth and then …

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Avoiding the Fun

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a. MMORPG

August 11, 2011

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For the first time in probably three months, I tanked an expert dungeon in RIFT last night. It really wasn’t because I felt like being the stalwart defender or guardian against the night or even leader. No, the real reason is that if I didn’t I might have given up on RIFT entirely. I go …

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Documentary Review: The Raid – A Giant Mole Which, As a Saving Grace, Isn’t TOTALLY Covered in Those Hairs We Find So Gross

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a. MMORPG, d. Everything Else

August 8, 2011

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I recently watched the preview of the new MMO documentary, The Raid, which you can watch for yourself here. The movie presents the most accurate portrayal of raiding currently available. It’s all the greater shame, then, that the movie consistently falls back on stereotypes for no discernible reason other  than it’s what people expect to see. But let’s …

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Buying Gold Could Support North Korea

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a. MMORPG

August 8, 2011

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Folks against gold buying have what seems to be the strongest argument supporting their cause yet. From the New York Times (and linked to Kotaku since NYT requires an account), news breaks that Kim Jong-Il has been sending the country’s PC elite into the MMO world to pave the way for gold-farming bots. On Thursday …

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Join us tonight for the FINAL episode of the Rift Watchers podcast

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d. Everything Else

August 6, 2011

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[IMPORTANT: Taken from the Rift Watchers main page. Game By Night is unaffected and will probably see more activity with the extra free time.] Hi Everyone, It is with a heavy heart that I announce that tonight will be our final episode of the Rift Watchers podcast. Over the last eight months, we’ve joined together …

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The Multiverse – Season 02 Episode 08 – “Milk Them Mode”

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a. MMORPG, d. Everything Else

July 21, 2011

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Hey Gang, It’s been an interesting set of weeks and we thank you for sticking with us and awaiting this episode! Adam and I have our travel behind us, so we came together Saturday to talk about the utter WEALTH of MMO news that’s cropped up this last month. On the docket today: RIFT’s state …

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My Experimental Interview with Trion and The Electric Steam Sale Experiment

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a. MMORPG, b. Console, d. Everything Else

July 15, 2011

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Happy Friday, folks. Today looks to be a beautiful day going into a great weekend. I’m a bit excited for tomorrow, actually. I’ll be doing a special podcast with the community team at Trion. What makes that even more exciting – or nerve-wracking – is that I’m going to be doing an experimental episode with …

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