Note: As always, this map serves as a good way for those unfamiliar with the EVE landscape to understand what and where I'm talking about. Most of the events in this post happen in the South/Southwest. Another Note: Sorry for the walls of ...

There are well documented patterns of player behavior on a corporate or alliance level in Eve that happen when a corporation or alliance are faced with intense adversity. Many wars in Eve are trivial in terms of actual combat and hardship. ...

In the wake of the almost-war that didn't happen between the Clusterfuck Coalition and Honeybadger coalition (post about it is here), there was an unbelievable level of complaining from the community, especially by neutral 3rd parties hop...

Ketsui is a vertical arcade shoot em' up developed by Cave with an interesting story behind it. Released in early 2003, it's one of three games (three and a half if you hate whole numbers) released in 2002 and 2003 for Cave's custom IGS PGM...

Eve is famous for it's stories of large sweeping nullsec conflicts and constant backstabbing and subterfuge, but outside of those headline grabbing activities are entire playstyles that are often left ignored. Many people read about the goi...

(Note: A universe map can be found [here] to help unfamiliar readers with locations and general movement in the story) Read Part One: [x] Spoiling for a fight after an unexciting recent campaign and hoping to settle some bad blood with Ag...

(Note: A universe map can be found [here] to help unfamiliar readers with locations and general movement in the story) Goonswarm Federation and Test Alliance Please Ignore have a history together. It's a somewhat unique history in the cont...

Note: Read the first part of this article here It’s been said that most serious wars in EVE aren’t won by the strategic superiority or cunning, but by capitalizing on one grievous mistake made by the enemy. Whether it’s a mistake made due ...

A few months ago, an alliance that was part of OTEC decided to break the treaty, ostensibly in the interest of ‘good fights’. Since then the north has become a somewhat complicated political landscape. Northern Coalition. (NCdot) has alway...

Today in Benghazi the US consulate was stormed by armed men, which resulted in the death of one consulate member. Under normal circumstances for me and many others this would simply be another newspaper headline, or something for news chann...

One of the most dangerous things a corp or alliance can do in New Eden is to gain a reputation for betraying allies or not abiding by contracts and agreements. In a persistent, single-shard universe like Eve, who you know can be the differe...

The word ‘logistics’ can mean two things in EVE: Either logistics work, or logistics ships. This article is about the former. Alliances operate like machines. Different parts do different things to achieve a specified goal, whether it be t...

Above all else, EVE is a game of information. Whether it’s having good knowledge of the game’s various ships and what they do so you can prioritize targets in a small gang fight, or getting word from a spy that an enemy alliance is about to...

EVE is nothing if not walking to the beat of it's own drum when it comes to the MMO market. In the gameplay realm this is seen in it's emergent gameplay and astounding levels of player freedom. In it's development it can be seen in how CCP ...

EVE online is an unbelievably intricate and complicated game. There are entire player organizations that exist just to teach new players how to survive in New Eden. There are layers to the complexity that make EVE a game that is very possib...

One of the principles on which EVE was built is the idea that actions have consequences, and that what you do and how you do it matters. This simple idea is how EVE has set itself apart from the rest of the MMO market (along with maintainin...

At the end of April, The Mittani, CEO of Goonswarm Federation, head of the Clusterfuck Coalition, and incorrigible drama magnet, announced the formation of OTEC - the Organization of Technetium Exporting Corporations - on twitter. Initially...

Truth is often stranger than fiction, and nowhere else is this truer in gaming than Eve Online. Known commonly as two things; An MMO set in a primarily player-driven world where the universe's narrative is determined by the actions of thous...

I put a lot of weight on the quality of the D-pad when forming my opinion on a controller. Something that a surprising number of people can't wrap their head around. I know it may not be an integral part of the gameplay experience for Moder...

Pioneered and made profitable by Nintendo, with Sony and Microsoft now shamelessly cashing-in before people wise-up and realize how stupid the phenomenon is, motion controls are infecting gaming hardware like a virus lately, and I'm sick of...

Before XBLA and the retro hype, which resulted in a land-grab on customers' nostolgia through thinly-veiled clones by indie devs, arcade-style games were in a bad way. People just didn't want to play them anymore. It's hard to find a genre ...