EVE Online sits on the frontier of social gaming, providing an entertainment environment like no other. The vibrant society of interacting and conflicting communities, both within the EVE client and without, is the driving force behind EVE’s success. However, the anonymity of internet culture combined with a competitive gaming environment Read more…
The Blog Banter tradition has been in place since 2008 under the paternal care of the Blogfather, Crazy Kinux. Initially this was a way to unite the nascent and fragmented EVE blogging community, which has since exploded into the cacophony of opinion, creativity and trolling that we have the privilege of Read more…
At-a-Glance Itinerary(subject to change) 1800 ‘My Loot, Your Tears’ Suicide Raffle in Jatate1900 General Stabber/Vagabond muster to form the “Frill Me” fleet at Jita Memorial to flash our knickers at the AT10 camera.1929 “Thukk You” RvB-led Outlaw fleet enters Jita, performs monument alphastrike flyby. Pinata self-destructed.1930 “Thukk You, Frill Me!” combined fleet departs Jita on Protest March2000 Rendez-vous Read more…
EVE Online is a morally diverse gaming environment. It is part of what makes participating in the dark universe of New Eden such a freeing and memorable experience. No player is railroaded into behaving in any particular way, everyone is free to choose how they conduct themselves and how they Read more…
Welcome to the thirty-sixth edition of the EVE Blog Banter, the community discussion that brings the collective minds of the EVE blogosphere together to chew the cud, exchange opinions or troll the world. “With the Inferno expansion upon us, new seeds have been planted in the ongoing evolution of EVE Read more…
When it comes to my relationship with EVE Online, I find myself in a strange place. Last Summer, in the wake of Monoclegate and the Jita Riots, my affair with EVE hit a rocky patch. Unlike most, my disconnect came more from the disappointing realisation that the grand visions of Read more…
With the multitude of website and smartphone apps available to enhance the EVE Online experience, the EVE player is blessed with more tech support than the Apollo moon missions. There are a number of talented and dedicated individuals who continue to pour their resources into providing quality EVE services to Read more…
Welcome the the thirty-fifth EVE Blog Banter. Now approaching its tenth year, the EVE Online player community has matured into an intricate and multi-faceted society viewed with envy by other game developers, but is frequently regarded with suspicion by the wider gaming community. Is this perception deserved? Should “The Nation Read more…
My first article for MMO community hosting service Guild Launch has been published. Exploring EVE Online: Fanfest and “The Nation of EVE” discusses the nature of EVE’s complex society and looks at highlights from Fanfest. It also sets me on a path which will require help from the EVE Online Read more…
The returning chairman of EVE Online’s elected player council has offered the resignation of his chairmanship following complaints about his incitement of the EVE player base to harass a “depressed” player to suicide. The story surfaced on Massively and will undoubtedly proliferate throughout games journalism and the blogosphere. Whilst mental Read more…