Short Story: CoRD, Introduction

So I used to play this online game called: Eve. It is a Sci-fi based MMO, where you create a character who becomes a "Capsuleer" or a pilot who begins as a graduate and over the course of time learns skills that increase your knowledge in a myriad of subjects. As time in the game progresses, your character begins to gain power and standing and can pilot bigger and meaner ships.

I was enthralled when I saw that their community was rich with role-players, perhaps more so than any other online game I've played to date. So I started to write stories based on my character.

Her name is Revy Daidros, and these are the stories I've written based on the character, about 9 months worth...

The Chronicles of Revy Daidros

Introduction
Who is Revy Daidros?
Broken Strands: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9
Rough and Tumble: The Rush
Rough and Tumble: Chasing the Prize
Rough and Tumble: Ransom
Remembrance: The Beginning
Remembrance: Graduation Day
Remembrance: Beloved
Remembrance: Data Trails

Space: Who Knew, Introduction

Introduction

So I've decided to start another blog tradition, and that is whenever I find out neat and interesting things about space/astronomy I'm going to post them here.

Since November of last year I've been hard at work doing research on our solar system, its led me to some very interesting finds. As I'm absolutely no good with remembering exact details when I try to talk about this stuff- it all comes out in abstracts and in many cases with some rather mis-spoken facts.

Hopefully these compilations will help curb that!

Table of Contents

Entry 1: Hexagonal storm on Saturn
Entry 2: Larger than our sun
Entry 3: Venus spins backwards?
Entry 4: Just what does the Milky Way look like?
Entry 5: Space Elevators
Entry 6: Comets come from the Oort Cloud
Entry 7: The Closest Star
Entry 8: Dwarf Planet Ceres
Entry 9: Enceladus
Entry 10: Planet Mercury
Entry 11: Titan
Entry 12: Absolute Zero
Entry 13: Magnetic Portals
Entry 14: Just how fast is fast?
Entry 15: Supernovae
Entry 16: The Drake Equation
Entry 17: Magnetar
Entry 18: Olympus Mons & Valles Marineris
Entry 19: Spaghettification
Entry 20: So How Big is the Sun?
Entry 21: Weight in Space

Short Story: SoV, Introduction

Many of my friends know me as an avid role player. In my years I've grown to love tales of fantasy and magic, of sorcerers and villains. It is so ingrained in me, that many times I will write stories about the worlds I develop for role-playing.

The realm of Valoreth was one such world I developed, and subsequently wrote a story about. The setting is a tall mountain valley in the midst of a harsh winter. The peoples of the realm live mostly in the city of Valoreth, but some few venture out to make a life for themselves in the harsh wilderness.

The lord of the land is one Lord Sirion, a once great and loving figure, now turned to madness and a bitter evil. I hope you enjoy the writings as much as I've enjoyed dreaming up the world.

...Yeah I know. I'm a dork.

The Snows of Valoreth

Introduction
Chapter 1: The Storm
Chapter 2: Secret Meetings

Ascension: Introduction

As some of you already know, my colleagues and I have been hard at work developing a new and upcoming game. I've spent countless hours on it and will probably spend countless more. The game is called "Ascension- Triumvirate" and we currently have several people working hard to see it bud into the title we have envisioned.

Now over the years, I've been involved with the core group of guys on our Ascension team, close individuals I call friends who I've come to know and respect. We've come up with several ideas for games, some based off of other works- like Rifts and Redwall Abbey, and others of our own creation, like The Maelstrom. As exciting as these projects were, none of them compare to the amount of energy and excitement I see in this game.

I'm proud when I say that we really have something here, and in less than five years time, I'd wager you see a version on shelves. We're blessed to have a team of devoted individuals who understand that at least in the short run- its all on us. From our audio-designer, modelers, concept and texture artists, to our coders and business guru's- I'm inspired by all of them.

/me holds up a pint

For those of you who would like to know more about the game, here is our web address:

www.ascensionwar.com

Introduction: Greetings and Salutations!

My name is Jonathan Mariucci and I'm new to this whole blogging adventure, but i wanted to be able to have a place to post some of my thoughts to share with my friends and family, what better way i suppose.

I am 28 years old and am blessed to have a beautiful and caring wife Ashley and our little girl Isabella, and we have another little one on the way! (We'll see you on the outside sometime in January! Keep on growing little one!) I consider myself blessed to have them in my life, in many ways, they are my center.

I find myself working for Xerox at the moment, managing a print center for OshKosh B'Gosh / Carter's companies. Though that is currently what brings home the cheese, my real talent and the career I've spent countless hours investing in, is the gaming industry, particularly in computer modeling and texturing.

I spend much of my waking hours tediously at work on a game that my collegues and I have developed from scratch. I'll post more on this later, but I will say that I'm the type of person that tends to work doggedly until I fulfill a goal, and I have a bit of a stubborn and anal streak in me that tends to always see improvements that need doing in my work.

A little about me... I think alot about the world, about personal successes and failures, about society, and the direction our country is headed, about the past I've come to witness and the future I can only imagine is coming. I tend to read the news too much which I think causes me to worry about the world more than a person my age really should.

I've been faced with tragedy enough to know it hurts, and been blessed with unsurrmountable happiness. I feel that life is a journey and its a bit like hiking, you never know when you're going to stumble, or when you're going to come upon that grand vista- only that you hope to encounter a little of both while moving...

Anyways- welcome me and welcome you!