A second episode of New Eden Chronicles in the works

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It's 1:22AM. I'm exhausted and should have been in bed hours ago. And yet, I've just logged into EVE and popped open another can of Guinness. A short while ago Memoocan and I finished recording a 90 minute segment for our upcoming and much delayed 2nd episode. During this recording we had CCP Dashai and CCP Manifest talk about how they came on board CCP Games, discuss their up coming special Fan event at PAX East, as well as the EVE Fanfest of course.

Suffice to say we had a hell of a good time, and I just can't wait to get to Reykjavik in a little over 3 weeks!

We still have some more recording to do, but I'd like to get the episode out to you either by the end of the week-end, or on Monday at the very latest - just as the 25th EVE Blog Banter gets published all over the EVE Blogsphere.

Last sip of Guinness has been taken. This capsuleers needs his shuteye! Fly safe!

Come on CCP! Where the frack is my Beer Ship? [VIDEO]

As we head closer and closer to Fanfest 2011, I thought I'd remind those who've been, and those who'd like to attend, at the sort of geeky humour we're soon to witness!



Now, seriously, forget Incarna CCP, and give us all Beer Ships next Christmas!

Speedlinking New Eden & more - The January 17th, 2010 Edition

With part 3 of Incursion coming later this week, we've got a bonanza of posts today. Hope I didn't miss any this time! Also, be aware that the recording for the next New Eden Chronicles is scheduled for the 28th, once Sansha's shown his face in Empire. Finally, I'm off to Las Vegas for the remainder of the week. Fly safe till then!

• CrazyKinux's Musing: EVE Blog Banter #24: Be, all that you can be, and so much more!
• EVE blogs examine CSM discussions on nullsec warfare | Massively
• Tiger Ears » Blog Archive » Aiming quick and low
• EVE Evolved: Mining 101 -- Mining efficiency | Massively
• Sins of a Solar Spymaster #55 - Choice Paralysis in EVE | Ten Ton Hammer
• Bring Me The Head Of Kirith Kodachi Live Event TONIGHT ~ Inner Sanctum of the Ninveah
• Should EVE use the word “expansion”? » Ecliptic Rift
• Freebooted: Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Mister Sansha...
• Pets Win Prizes!- Chocolate Heaven
• EVEOGANDA: Getting Fit: The Falcon
• Freebooted: My Sister the Rookie: Trial Period, Part One
• Episode 51 - Fly Reckless – EVE Online
  
  
• YouTube - EVE Online: Incursion Devblog #15 - Why Sansha?
• Character Portraits
• Contracts Improvements
• CSM December Summit - Meeting minutes (Part 1 of 3)
• CSM December Summit - Meeting minutes (Part 2 of 3)
• CSM December Summit - Meeting minutes (Part 3 of 3)
  
  
• The Escapist : Stolen Pixels #241: The Gaming Afterlife
• Five Reasons Why I Dislike PvP « Bio Break
• Drunk scientists pour wine on superconductors and make an incredible discovery
• What else did I miss?

EVE Online Incursion Devblogs - [VIDEO]

The Best "Behind the Scenes of CCP Games" Videos

Having recently gone through all of the videos of the Final Day of the Alliance Tournament 8, I've had a chance to see some rather cool videos of what happens at CCP. Below you'll find all 3 "Behind-the-Scenes" videos - on Planetary Interaction, Making EVE Trailers and Recruitement. If you haven't had a time to see them, they're well worth the time!







Sweet n'est-ce pas!

EVE Online Dominion Trailer and Expansion site go Live

About an hour ago CCP Games released the trailer for their latest expansion and launched the Dominion site. Have a look and be prepared to be amazed once more!


I really look forward to this expansion as the end of the year will see me have a bit more time to log into EVE in the evenings and play with my mates from Phoenix Labs; which is something that has been very difficult these past few months for reasons I'll explain in a later post.

As for this expansion, it seems to me that they've out done themselves again if one looks at all the features that will arrive next week. Can't wait for it!

Write yourself to a CCP Dev Podcast Interview!

Planetary control. Mention these two words to any EVE player and you'll see the same excitement in their face as you would from a preschooler in front of a candy store or a Christmas tree. In the latest EVE Chronicle, The Ever-Turning Wheels, we had the pleasure to immerse ourselves in the events surrounding a Caldari ODST strike force; couldn't help myself to plug in Halo ODST here! We've been teased by CCP a number of times over the last few years (remember the video on planetary flight or the recent FPS teaser) and it's something that could add some interesting game mechanics to our favourite sand box.

Which got me thinking. What possibilities would planetary control allow players, corporations and alliances to do? What features would allow this? How would the CCP Devs implement this? I thought that this would be a great opportunity to get the EVE Blogosphere involved. Which brings me to the contest!

The goal is to write an article on planetary control and how that would be implemented in EVE. Your article needs to cover what features, game mechanic, game design you would like to see implemented if (or when) planetary control/exploration/exploitation becomes available in EVE.

You're required to write a two-part article. The first part needs to be a fiction piece that tells a story based on the feature (or game mechanic, game design, etc...) that you would like to see implemented, while the second part would be the actual description of how that would work in game. Each part of your article needs to be a minimum of 300 words (600 word minimum for the whole article).

I'll be judging the entries and will pick the 5 best articles, amongst which I will randomly choose the winner. This lucky blogger will get to interview a CCP Dev during a MicroWarpCast podcast, with yours truly as host! Details on the podcast will be provided to the winner prior to the show's recording.

The contest is open for submission until Wednesday August 19 11:59PM EDT. Please provide a link to your article in the comments and make sure to email me the URL (crazykinux[at]gmail.com). I'll then go over the articles and hope to be able to announced the winner on Friday the 21st. The podcast recording will occur shortly after that!

Good luck to all and thanks for your participation and feedback!

The Drone Bay: Episode 21 - Fanfest 2009 Preview Special

Recorded earlier this week, the latest Drone Bay podcast was released today. Though I couldn't join Crovan and Alsedrech as the show was recorded during my work day, my podcast mates did a good job torturing the 3 devs present to get the most information from them on the next EVE Online Fanfest! Well, seducing might be a better term than torture.

Having been at Fanfest myself, I highly recommend that you attend if not this year, at least once! Have a listen and you'll get a brief idea of the amount of fun, facts and friends you'll discover if you decided to attend the Party at the top of the world!

Here's a few links to my account of the fanfest last year!

• EVE Fanfest Day 1 - Recap and more
• EVE Fanfest Day 2 - Lots more goodies!
• EVE Fanfest Day 3 - Highlights

Good to hear you guys again!

Apocrypha CCP Devs Interview videos

If you're interested about the up coming EVE Online expansion - Apocrypha - then you'll want to see these videos. Enjoy!










Told you so!