When you’ve played EVE for a number of years, it’s hard to recall those first tentative weeks staring up the sheer face of The Learning Cliff. Things that are second nature to the veteran can be impenetrable to the rookie. We forget how much we take for granted. I was Read more…
On Monday in the UK, the BBC’s flagship investigative TV show, Panorama, covered video game addiction. I watched it with interest, expecting yet another media-mauling of the digital satan that is online gaming, but I was surprised and pleased that it was a relatively balanced and reasoned piece of journalism. Read more…
Welcome to the twenty-second installment of the EVE Blog Banter, the monthly EVE Online blogging extravaganza created by CrazyKinux. The EVE Blog Banter involves an enthusiastic group of gaming bloggers, a common topic within the realm of EVE Online, and a week or so to post articles pertaining to the Read more…
If you a reading this via Capsuleer on your iPhone, then this article is for you. Please read on. As you’re probably aware, the developers of Capsuleer will be shutting down their servers on 17th October, meaning that the headline pages will no longer be updated. I’m sure I speak Read more…
Capsuleer is shutting down. It shouldn’t. I don’t know about you, but for the last year my EVE experience has been greatly enhanced by the Capsuleer iPhone app. Through it’s slick interface it has allowed me to pontificate and plan my character skills and it’s Headlines function has provided me Read more…
We’ve been quiet of late here at Freebooted. It was a symptom of a corporation-wide loss of interest in EVE which had a knock-on effect on this blog, sorry about that. But having stepped away from the capsule for a couple of months and enjoyed a period of holidays, bathroom-redecorating Read more…
I’ve been back from holiday for over twenty-four hours and thus far I’ve managed to resist logging into EVE. It’s not that I don’t want to, it’s just that I’ve decided to use my EVE-time as more of a reward after finishing more mundane duties, rather than my excuse for Read more…
“Bastard!” The Quafe can bounced harmlessly off the plexiglass viewport leaving a languid explosion of fluid to meander down the starfield. Eskrid quickly scooped up the container before it disgorged the remainder of its contents across the starbase command console. She glanced nervously toward the raging Brutor man standing next Read more…
How unhealthy is playing EvE? The reason I ask is I think EvE may be affecting my brain in subtle ways. It seems to be leaking into my life in ways I should perhaps be a little concerned about. For example; Whilst taking a short break from EvE just a Read more…
I’m sure it’s not an uncommon phenomenon that EVE is widely despised by our fairer partners, probably more so than other generally unpopular husbandly pursuits. Even if you’re slouching on the sofa in your underpants, watching sport/sci-fi/documentaries or out drinking beer with the lads, the resentment EVE seems to generate Read more…