All posts originally published on the EVE Online fan site, Freebooted (2009-2015)
TL;DR – I’m dabbling with EVE’s revised industry gameplay. The result will likely be a glorious failure due to my spreadsheet allergy, but as Henry Ford never said, “It’s always worth taking the time to point and laugh at the clueless.” I enjoy repetitive tasks and fondling spreadsheets. EVE’s complex Read more…
EVE is changing, and quite rapidly it seems. Whether this is always for the better is a subject of much debate. The new, more frequent releases have been belt-fed out of CCP’s doors at a rate which I’ve found almost unsettling as a veteran player used to the old, bi-annual Read more…
As the latest revision of EVE Online‘s labyrinthine game mechanics sees the complexities of industry and production given a facelift in the latest release, Crius, PR guy Ned ‘CCP Manifest’ Coker flexes his social media arm on Reddit to provide a selection of industry-flavoured fiction from the pen of Hjalti Read more…
The indie documentary examining the MMO EVE Online that began in early 2013 as an ambitious but underfunded Indiegogo crowdfunded project was finally released over the weekend. The team of Swedish media students behind it are still reeling with surprise at gaining over 30,000 views in its first 48 hours. Read more…
In the first episode of my new Something, Something, Spaceships podcast, I announced an EVE flash fiction competition, the main prize being the production of an audio short based on the best entry. The top three entries would also get 100m ISK each. Only two entries were received by the Read more…
Jefferson rubbed his brow wearily. This conversation was doing nothing for his headache. “Look, there’s nothing wrong with the ship. It’s a very nice ship. Shiny, made of metal, a decent size. If I accidentally find myself in a belt in Molden Heath, I can well imagine the Angels who Read more…
“A vodka, if you’d be so kind. And some… some of those little sausage things. On sticks.” “Coming right up, ma’am. How was your day?” “Oh. Was it a day? I know we keep day and night on the station, but when you’re out in the belts… the light never Read more…
Elin films Petter’s interview of Hilmar whilst the power of my frown forces another journalist to his knees. It’s been an exciting year (and a bit) for Swedish media students Petter Martensson, Philip Raivander and Elin Thedin. Since attending EVE Online‘s 10th anniversary celebration at the 2013 Fanfest convention in Read more…
I’ve long had a hankering to return to podcasting after my overly ambitious attempt at a lore-based audio drama faded into antiquity in 2012. After some procrastination, technical issues and – to be quite honest, nerves – I finally managed to get my spaceships in a row to produce episode Read more…
Art imitates life they say. In many ways, EVE too imitates life with its long history of virtual cultures evolving to compete, collude and conquer. It strikes me that New Eden’s accelerated process of simulating reality’s rise and fall of dynasties and cultural trends seems to be coming full circle Read more…