Like most ten-year-olds, EVE celebrated its birthday on the nearest weekend (just past), rather than the actual date (today), in
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Book Review: John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War
I’ve got another book review up at themittani.com. This one’s on Old Man’s War, which I went years without reading
Life in Eve: April Fools
April got off to a rocky start, so I wasn’t really sure how things would look as the month wrapped
Life in Eve: You Play How You Practice – Putting the Play into Practice (4/4)
Whew. Okay, let’s see if we can pull all this musing into some kind of coherent plan for missions. There’s
Eve Forever
I have trouble explaining to my non-Eve-playing gamer friends what it is about the game that I find so compelling.
Semi Eve-related, semi book-related
A few weeks ago, I noticed a call for book reviewers over at themittani.com, a website that focuses mostly on
Life in Eve: You Play How You Practice (3/4): Stages of a Mission
So let’s continue this conversation about how to create new PvE missions in Eve that are more engaging, interesting, and
Life in Eve: You Play How You Practice (2.5/4) — Answering Questions and Comments
The last couple posts have attracted some good questions and feedback, and raise some points I want to address before
Life in Eve: You Play How You Practice (2/?)
So here’s the premise: PvE mission content in Eve comprises some of the weakest PvE content in any MMO, and
Life in Eve: You Play How You Practice (1/?)
When I first started playing Eve in earnest (which does not count the attempt some seven years ago) I went
Life in Eve: Same War, Different Front
“So this is a done deal?” CB sprawled across my couch, watching an animated children’s show on the main display
Life in Eve: Junkies
March was a really, really good month for our corporation. By most any standard, it was the best month
Life in Eve: Voting for CSM 8
The elections for the eighth Council of Stellar Management (the CSM: a group of players elected to represent player interests,
Live in Eve: March in Review
So with March in the bag, I thought I’d look back and see how the corp did, both in terms
Life in Eve: Local is Fine, and Here’s How to Fix It.
First, a brief background, for the non-EvE players: Like most MMOs, Eve has a number of text-based chat channels built
Life in Eve: Gambit Roulette
Regardless of the game, I’ve never been particularly drawn to stealth classes. Rogues, Burglars, Assassins… you know the type. The
Life in Eve: Tys R Us, now open in Sinq Laison and all points East
So about a month ago, it became evident that the pilots in our corp would need to get into replacement
Life in Eve: In Like a Lion
I want to say the month really got going when we got the escape pod with a set of low-grade
Life in Eve: Post-February Grab Bag
No time or inclination to put up an organized post, so instead you get a bunch of random stuff
Life in Eve: Jesus Wept
Tormentor, Inquisitor, Fed Navy Comet all in system. All in different complexes. All with the same ship name. Hmm. Tormentor’s
Life in Eve: Losing While Winning
This is one of those blog posts that says “I haven’t been writing about playing Eve very much, because of
Eve Online: The Point of a Frigate
I don’t much care about my character’s (or my corp’s) killboard (the term for API-powered websites that list and analyze
Life in Eve: Heavy Hangs the Head
This bit of reflection came out of a (sadly) half-finished conversation with Dave and Margie, where we were talking about
Life in Eve: How I Learned to Love Hating “Safe Zones” in New Eden
I didn’t intend to write any more stuff about CCP and the development direction of Eve; it’s not really what
Life in Eve: Life on the Playground
My kids go to a charter school. This may not mean much to anyone reading this, so I’ll sum up
Life in Eve: I really should remember to buy insurance
I’ve been back for a couple weeks, but what with all the hijinx in the wormhole, and leaving our alliance,
Life in Eve: The Perfect Storm
“Okay guys,” I said over voice comms. “I’ll be back in ten days. Don’t lose Isbrabata while I’m gone.” I
Life in EvE: Year in Review
My actual anniversary with Eve doesn’t come for a few more weeks, but I’m going to be away from home
Life in EvE: A Funny Way to Say Hello
Another virtual screen snapped to life in front of me, automatically arranging itself among the flickering three dimensional headshots of