07 Tuesday May 2013
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Pay no attention to the witch in the title.
As I mentioned in the previous post, I’ve had some interesting thoughts about the nature of sandbox gameplay which I expect will get me shouted at.
Well, since there was some interest in hearing them, I might as well publicise them anyway, not like I’ve got more to lose than my reputation.
I’m actually alive and more or less well, in case anyone cares — I know there’s been some concern about …
In the previous post, I outlined a comprehensive plan for evening out the gap between PVP-low and PVP-high areas, so …
TLDR: This one is apparently my longest post so far, and in fact, consists almost entirely of the point, rather …
TLDR: It will take a while for me to get to the point. If you can’t handle the reading, get …
Before asking yourself something like that, you first need to ask other things: How do we know they burn in …
That’s another post that’s not my usual deep analysis. I’ll be back to them shortly, I suppose, got a few …
If I named every post after a Doctor Who episode, I’d be set for catchy post titles for life. Especially …
There are some things so fundamental to a game’s structure that they’re hardly ever seen, too blinding to even be …
One thing that makes Eve different from most it’s competitors is the fact that everyone plays in the same universe, …
Sergey Pereslegin, whom I mentioned previously and who’s a military history and literary criticism personality of some notability in Russia, …
I’ve never actually seen the drama about mining on Eve-O forums stop. It waxes and wanes, but it’s been looping …
There is a continuous disconnect in Eve between the game fiction and game reality. It’s not surprising, as so far, …
There are some questions that I’d love to ask to specific people involved in Eve’s game and software design sometime …
It is widely known that somewhere on the scale of 70% characters in Eve never actually leave high sec space. …
If you trust my cursory reading of some academic works on Mayan history, Ancient Mayans believed a few interesting things: …
One of the hot topics in discussing nullsec affairs is force projection, and in particular, titan jump bridges. While some …
The new bounty system in Retribution has mostly been well received. At the same time, it’s been the subject of …
When you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. It’s been some time since my poll …
I know that whatever results I get aren’t going to be representative, if only because this blog is not very …
This aphoristic statement, as originally formulated by Malcanis, says: "Whenever a mechanics change is proposed on behalf of ‘new players’, …
People in Faction Warfare and regions where Faction Warfare happens love Thrashers. It’s one of the most common ships for …
When commenting on my post about development cycles, Hans Jagerblitzen mentioned "the lesson to learn from Incarna". But the lesson …
After some deliberation, I have decided that the most practical way to get killboard stats into something resembling sanity is …
Optimists say the glass is half full. Pessimists say the glass is half empty. I’m a scientist, so I doubt …
It’s a bit too long to be a postscript to the previous post. Noticing the new json API on zKillboard, …
Watching New Eden Open’s broadcast today where three Malices got killed actually reminded me that I wanted to write about …
Rumours of my death are slightly exaggerated, I’ve only spent some time in hospital. On which I should mention that …
I started this blog with a lecture on the trust problems of Eve. That was quite a while ago. Now, …
Initially, I wanted to post a long treatise on the nature of social reality and how this actually makes internet …
People spend their lives in the rational pursuit of value, by maximizing self-interest. That’s a statement most people find they …
I ended my essay on gaming the Faction Warfare with a short suggestion on how to fix it. Honestly, I …
Now, where was I… Ah. Back to our scheduled lecture course. Customers, products and community, with emphasis on Eve. Let’s …
Postfactum edit: This whole text is now of mostly historical interest, being happily obsolete, as faction warfare mechanics were changed …
There is a well-written speedplexing HOWTO — which suggests you use an Incursus fit that is so optimized for the …
A common saying goes that if you get something for free, you’re not the customer, but rather, the product being …
No, it’s not the rampant suicide ganking, security status mechanics, boring and broken PVE, unbalanced nullsec, wardec mechanics, sov mechanics, …
Eve Online is unlike most massively multiplayer environments I have ever seen, and I’ve seen a few, having made the …
