EVE Online

By Wilhelm2451 A new set of MMOs came out that drew people away.  Some of us went to EverQuest II, more went to WoW, and a few are even lurking in EVE Online, but the memories remain.  The guild names you see me write about here are often reflections of the Toril guild I was in, Shades of Twilight.

By twih299 Brandon Boyer (2007-11-14). Vivendi Q3 Sales Up 19%, WoW Userbase Hits 9.3m. Gamasutra. Retrieved on 2008-01-22. Leigh Alexander (2008-01-22). World Of Warcraft Hits 10 Million Subscribers. Gamasutra. Retrieved on 2008-01-22. WoW in other media GigaOM Top 10 Most Popular MMOs.

By twih299 An example of EVE Online’s in-game market screen.There is a single currency unit in EVE Online, the Lord of the Rings Online Gold Inter Stellar Kredit (ISK), which takes its name from the Holic Online Money Icelandic króna, whose ISO code is ISK. Players can barter between themselves for it...

By ogood Here's an article out of Wired I spotted shortly after coming aboard. It's a great look at Second Life and EVE Online griefers, whose behavior is truly sociopathic — in those communities. In the real world, they're average ordinary /b/tards and SA Goons — OK so they're probably sociopaths i...

By CrazyKinux The challenge is simple: create a new EVE character through the 14-day trial account and amass the greatest sum of ISK. All this while blogging about it. The winner gets an EVE Online 30-day game time code. More EVE Online news and rantings at CrazyKinux's Musing!

Finally, this blog marks the last day for the Communications Relay Commission, the volunteer forum moderation team. Their efforts will be taken up by our new community representatives, CCP staff members of the Community Group. We would like to thank the members of the CRC team for their ef...

As for "PayToPlay", if you really like the game you can always "PlayToPlay" as CCP support the ingame selling of GTCs (a 30/90 day subscription code) for ISK (the in game currency). These don't come cheap, but most hardcore players could probably support a continued play experience and st...