GiN: Eve Online really is focused on the players, who create and shape much of the world. For someone not familiar with the Eve Online Universe, can you describe a bit how players can shape the game to a much larger extent than is found elsewhere?

Petursson: EVE Online is quite unique in this sense. The players create a lot of the content themselves through their actions and organizations. The player interaction and politics in EVE are on a level beyond anything previously done. Players can affect the world in so many ways.

For instance, almost every item sold on the market in EVE is manufactured and researched by players. The player-run Alliances have grown to thousands of members and they wage war on other player alliances. These wars are the largest wars ever waged in gaming history.

The depth of the politics, organization of the infrastructure, scale of the logistics, intensity of the fleet battles and the true leadership involved in these wars is just something out-of-this-world.