Law Rock at Þingvellir In times past, Viking tribal leaders would meet at a gathering called an Althing. At some point important Matters of State would be addressed, but Norsemen being Norsemen, you can be certain that drinking, carousing and fighting was high on their agenda too. To this day, Read more…
On Friday night, EVE Radio will be hosting what is possibly the most anticipated debating event in this year’s CSM election season. Current CSM chairman and leader of the Goonswarm Federation The Mittani will lock horns with EVE News 24 media mogul Riverini. There is no love lost between the Read more…
EVE Online’s “New Player Experience” is a hot topic now more than ever, and CCP’s newly formed Player Experience team have been assigned to the case. One of the things that may bewilder a new arrival is the sheer depth and volume of the backstory to the already disorienting universe Read more…
Like mana from Valhalla (yes I know I’m mixing my religious metaphors), the recent Dev Blog by CCP Legion asks questions which make for perfect Blog Bantering. To quote him, “…we want to make the first days, weeks and months in EVE enjoyable and not just something ‘you have to Read more…
On an approximately monthly basis, the vibrant EVE “blogosphere” engages in a Blog Banter – a single topic discussed by bloggers from assorted communities across EVE society. The most recent question posed was this; “A quick view of the Eve Online forums can always find someone complaining about being suicide Read more…
“As a company CCP is I think largely viewed as one of the MMO companies that really genuinely listens to its subscribers – say what you like about recent events – but in the grand scheme of things we listen to our players a lot more than other MMO studios Read more…
Back in Meatspace it is award season again. Assorted papparazzi-riddled red-carpet glitz-and-glam occasions will be taking place as the most illustrious of our movie and TV pat each other on the back for jobs well done over the previous year (whilst their nefarious puppetmasters plot the downfall of the internet Read more…
“A quick view of the Eve Online forums can always find someone complaining about being suicide ganked, whining about some scam they fell for or other such tears. With the Goons’ Ice Interdiction claiming a vast amount of mining ships there were calls for an “opt out of PvP” option. Read more…
This month’s Blog Banter comes from Drackarn of Sand, Cider and Spaceships. He has foolishly chosen to poke the hornets’ nest that is the non-consensual PvP debate. Whilst you read his question, I’ll be finding a safe place to hide. “A quick view of the Eve Online forums can always Read more…
I love EVE Online. I have a deep and long-standing affection for EVE Online and what it represents. I understand its history and its pedigree. EVE was the ambitious product of pioneering Icelandic underdogs who dared to push boundaries and chase impossibilities. I am in touch with EVE’s decades-old roots Read more…