Pouring EVE Online Into Your Pint Glass
Virtual-world to real-world crossovers don’t have to take place only on the Web. As readers of my other blog well know, one of my favorite virtual worlds is the space opera EVE Online, a massively multiplayer online game that affords its players far more freedom than most. Players respond accordingly, creating fantastic emergent gameplay moments not just in the game but in the real world as well. EVE fanfic abounds, but my favorite 3pointD crossover of recent weeks has been the pint glasses that the father of one of my corp-mates has been engraving for us based on screenshots of in-game ships. Pictured above is an Executioner, an Amarr frigate designed to take out enemy ships of similar size.
One interesting aspect of this is that CCP Games, who run EVE, have created the same kind of crossover in the past — and a beverage-oriented one, to boot. Quafe is a virtual energy drink, a tradeable commodity within the game that players can buy low and sell high to make some extra cash (if they’re lucky or smart). But for a while, CCP were also selling a real-world drink under the Quafe label, launched mostly for a fan convention. I never got to try any (I hear I didn’t miss much), but I’m sorry not to have a bottle of it on my shelf, not just because the in-world product is so amusing but because it’s a nice example of a virtual product becoming real.
A close-up of the Executioner (it’s nice work):
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I have a friend that wants to make custom etched pint glasses for her wedding, can you tell me a little about how you achieved these great results. A link will be sufficient. Thanks,
Jason
Very nice!
I do high definition etching but only on flat glass/mirrors and have not done anything with glasses or bottles yet. Your work is inspiring, so maybe some day.
Keep up the good work.
Mark