Chris "Syeric" Coke

Author's details

Name: Chris
Date registered: March 5, 2010
URL: http://www.gamebynight.com

Latest posts

  1. Full Voicing Might Be a Bust — June 28, 2010
  2. Let’s Stop With the Secrecy — June 26, 2010
  3. Okay Ahune, You Can Take Five — June 26, 2010
  4. S.A.R. #6: Exploring the Drug Culture in World of Warcraft — June 25, 2010
  5. WoW’s Drug-Culture — June 25, 2010

Most commented posts

  1. Will Cataclysm Last Long Enough? — 16 comments
  2. Community Spotlight #3: Larisa of the Pink Pigtail Inn — 12 comments
  3. Don’t Blame Blizzard for a Stagnant Industry — 11 comments
  4. Why WoW Keeps Pulling You Back — 11 comments
  5. If you’ve been affected by the Mythic billing fiasco, READ THIS — 11 comments

Author's posts listings

A Place for PvP

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a. MMORPG

April 19, 2010

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I’ve been playing LotRO as my main MMO for a few months now whose main PvP is monster play. I don’t think I’m exaggerating when I say that PvP in LotRO is pretty well borked. It just feels like an afterthought; like they got done with a PvE game and realized they’d left out some …

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Don’t Save the Princess

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b. Console, d. Everything Else

April 18, 2010

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Really, just say no. Thanks to Sarcastic Gamer for linking to this.

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To the Defenders of the $25 Horse:

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a. MMORPG

April 17, 2010

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Take a second to read this article because it beautifully articulates the general defense of the $25 pony. There are lots of them out there but Cuppy was kind of enough to throw them all into one. First, let’s acknowledge a few things: Value Added Transactions (you can’t call $25 micro) are here to stay. …

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Screw the Pony, Think of Your Sub.

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a. MMORPG

April 16, 2010

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Like a lot of other players, I was a little taken aback today when I read about Blizzard’s latest addition to their cash shop: a $25 flying horse. Unlike the pets, this is the first truly functional additional to the cash shop we’ve seen and marks a transition out of the sphere of vanity items. …

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It came! It came!

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d. Everything Else

April 14, 2010

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Like a kid looking at a puppy in the window of a pet store, I’ve spent the last two days anxiously awaiting my new toy’s arrival in the mail. And today, at precisely noon (no joke), it came. I give you, Game-Zilla. 40-inches of gaming goodness. I never thought I’d see my avatar a foot …

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The Multiverse – Episode #14: Guest Starring: Cindy

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a. MMORPG, d. Everything Else

April 13, 2010

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Hey Guys, We’re back with another episode of The Multiverse. This brings us up to, dare I say, episode fifty seven thousand, one hundred and twenty eight? Yeah, that’s about right. Anyhow, this week we’re pleased to be joined by Cindy from the MMO Voices podcast and the Dream Bytes blog. We have a great …

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More News From the FFXIV Beta

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a. MMORPG

April 13, 2010

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Hey Guys, Checking out the news from Game Informer yesterday inspired me to check back in with FFXIVCore and see what’s new. For those of you that don’t know, Square-Enix majorly favors Japan when it comes to releasing new information and the guys over at the site are great with translating it all and scanning …

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Analyzing the Latest Details From the FFXIV Beta

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a. MMORPG

April 12, 2010

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Midway through last week, Game Informer got hold of the “Alpha” manual from one of the lucky testers selected to get in. There’s a good amount of info we already knew in the article, but there are some other tidbits that are pretty unexpected. The article hasn’t gotten that much blog attention since it hit …

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If you’ve been affected by the Mythic billing fiasco, READ THIS

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a. MMORPG, d. Everything Else

April 9, 2010

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The recent billing issues from Mythic and Warhammer Online have caused a lot of financial stress for players lately. I worked in the commercial banking industry for 3+ years, so I’m hoping to offer a little background on the situation they’ve caused for you and where to go from here. Before I begin, I have …

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I Appreciate Mythic Entertainment

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a. MMORPG

April 8, 2010

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But, it was not to be. Here’s the thing though, it had very little to do with the actual game and more to do with when I could play. Scenarios and open world PVP were fun. I loved them. The only issue was, as a daytime player, I would find myself waiting 2+ hours to …

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