So, a few days ago, a conversation I was having on g+ crossposted to this blog. That wasn’t intentional, but
Category: Musing
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
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: Voting for CSM 8
The elections for the eighth Council of Stellar Management (the CSM: a group of players elected to represent player interests,
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: 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’m not a Pirate.”
A few nights ago, members of the militia had banded together to work on retaking an Amarr-held system in the
Life in Eve: Getting a Bad Feeling
So this is just a short post and, worse, it won’t make much sense or difference to anyone unless you
Life in Eve: For the Tears?
Forgive me, Gor, but this one was too good to leave in e-mail. Wait… so choosing be smart in Eve
Life in Eve: A Tour of the Bringing Solo Back Interview with CCP Fozzie #eveonline
I’m often on voice comms while playing Eve, and a lot of the discussion lately has been about the changes
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Life in Eve: Retribution is Coming #eveonline
So last night, I actually found myself online at the same time as Em, and we had time to talk
Life in Eve: Quick Post on the Hurricane Nerf #eveonline
Quoting CCP Fozzie: Since we plan to reduce the powergrid needs of all medium artillery by 10% across the board,
Let’s play a Game
Just because (a) I’m super busy right now and (b) this little quiz (via Reddit) has been running around in
Funcertainty
This is sort of a general gaming post, though it’ll end up talking about EvE very specifically at the end,
Mulling over a ‘tapestry’ style throne-war game
So I’ve been reading the George R.R. Martin books. They’re good, and if you haven’t read them and like fantasy
A few more thoughts on the “Blanket of Ashes” game idea
I’m not set on running this. Playing a ‘song of ice an fire’ style ‘throne war’ game also appeals. Just
A Blanket of Ashes
So I’ve been doing those things that lead to lots of nifty ideas ricocheting off each other — namely “reading
Life in Eve: A Quick Thought on the Mate War #eveonline
My Internet is out, so I’m writing this on my phone and don’t have the time, patience, or keyboard to
Life in a Wormhole: Fleet Ops #eveonline
CB and I are heading out of the hole for an “Amarr-themed” roam with Red vs. Blue. As a general
A Network of Support
It’s consistently cool to run into people — folks with whom my connections are in no way literary (or to
Briefly Topical (#eveonline)
So this was on the login screen for Eve this morning: For those who are unaware, Diablo III recently released,
“Day One, after Day Z”
May15 18:40 Made it to the coast after our ship went down. Guessing I’m somewhere in Chernarus. Maybe the mountains
Mass Effect, Creative License, and the Rights of the Player in a Story/Game #me3
This post is (thankfully) going to be shorter than yesterday’s. I wasn’t going to write another one on this topic at all, but there was a really good comment on yesterday’s post that led to a really long reply on my part — so long that I figured it would be better served as a […]