When I started writing an EVE blog in 2009, I had no idea where it would lead. I didn’t really have a goal, it was just for fun and an outlet for creativity. But writing Freebooted also proved to be my gateway to the wider EVE community and changed my Read more…
…Applaud Your Peers, Embarrass Your Enemies… At the turn of the year in meatspace, award season starts to spin up. Across the general media, folk are encouraged to look to their peers and recognise excellence and inspiration from the previous year. For the past two years I have attempted to Read more…
The EVE Community Blog Banters exist to encourage cross-blog conversation and the sharing of traffic amongst blogging sites. The Banters are also a great way to marshal the resources of the eclectic EVE blogging community for broader projects, such as the currently active Community Review of EVE Online for BB42. Read more…
As explained in my previous post introducing Game Skinny, there’s a bit of bloggery jugglication going on. As such, my regular column for Guild Launch; Exploring EVE Online, is moving. Here’s a new index of the monthly feature articles as they now appear on Game Skinny. The EVE Online Mentality Read more…
The blogging community is an unquantifiable source of reading material with all manner of contributors; some transient, some content to stay in their corner and some you couldn’t shut up if you tried. The Blog Banters are by no means an accurate measure of the community, but the concept is Read more…
There has been some recent community discussion regarding the welfare of the EVE blogosphere. Marc Scaurus, custodian of the Blog Pack and EVE-Bloggers as well as Judgemeister General of the Eebies (the EVE Blogger Awards), has published a blogpost asking for a frank look at how these community services (and Read more…
Kaeda Maxwell, like many EVE players, was attracted to EVE Online for its scope and promise. The wealth of gameplay options offered by the New Eden sandbox promised the opportunity to partake in a gaming environment of infinite possibilities. The audacity and creativity of CCP’s ever-expanding universe was a powerful Read more…
My relationship with EVE is an unusual one it seems. But perhaps there are some for whom it will be familiar. EVE and I have what is increasingly feeling like a struggling marriage. When we first met a decade ago, I was completely entranced by everything she was; I thought Read more…
In my last Guild Launch Exploring EVE Online column, The Metagame Rabbit Hole, I discussed the complex communications and entertainment infrastructure that supports CCP Pokethulhu’s “Nation of EVE”. As with any society, EVE Online‘s intertwined communities are linked together by a broad spectrum of interaction, most notably the player-driven news media. Read more…
Welcome to the 38th edition of the EVE Blog Banter, a community discussion that delves broader and deeper into the topics of the moment in all matters EVE Online. This month’s community meat upon which we dine is inspired by an obscure and inactive blogger you’ve probably never heard of. Read more…