CZ Minutes: OH GOD FREE TO PLAY EVERYBODY PANIC

Sep 1, 2016 Oh Takashawa

So CCP put out a dev blog and it’s a doozy. Lots to digest, tons of questions. CZ chat is blowing up, as is everywhere else, so we figured we’d…

Fanfest Perspectives: The Observer

May 3, 2016 Oh Takashawa

There’s only one word that effectively describes EVE. We’ve all heard it, many times, whether in the community or in CCP’s marketing materials, or repeated by the press, doing their…

CZM Special Edition: Fanfest 2016

Apr 27, 2016 Oh Takashawa

Crossing Zebras had an unprecedented number of staff members attend Fanfest this year – three of the four members of site management, plus almost a dozen staff writers and editors.…

Blurred Lines

Apr 11, 2016 Oh Takashawa

There’s a joke that circulates around CZ Slack, that I hate everything EVE-related. While innacurate, as with many great inside jokes it has a kernel of truth. There’s a lot…

CZ Minutes: Dirty Little Secrets

Nov 15, 2015 Oh Takashawa

I’ve got an aspect of my EVE self that I hide. I’m a filthy industrialist sometimes. No matter how many dank frags I amass, and how much I desperately love…

Alliance Tournament XIII, Obligatory Edition

Jun 18, 2015 Oh Takashawa

This year’s prize skins should be labelled Perfunctory Edition; there’s nothing victorious about CCP’s efforts this time around. Have you ever watched Lethal Weapon 4? It’s not a bad movie,…

CZ Minutes: Fleet Warp

Jun 14, 2015 Oh Takashawa

CCP brought a raft of forthcoming changes to light with this week’s o7 show, as is their habit. This particular batch is a mix of expected things, and highly controversial…

CZ Minutes: Stones Left Unturned

Jun 7, 2015 Oh Takashawa

Diverse as we may be, the CZ staff have one thing in common: we’ve all been around a while. Our “youngest” staff members’ time in New Eden is measured in…

CZ Minutes: Carnyx

May 31, 2015 Oh Takashawa

The patch notes for Carnyx (god, that’s a mouthful) are out —let’s dig in. Lots of changes impacting the game this release, particularly the first practical uses for the Entosis…

EVE Media Roundtable

Feb 9, 2015 Oh Takashawa

I was fortunate enough earlier today to represent the CZ team at a new project being put together by Dirk McGirk. In an effort to bring together, in one place,…