Age of Empires
Age of Empires is a series of historical real-time strategy video games, originally developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft Studios. The first title of the series was "Age of Empires", released in 1997. Seven titles and three spin-offs have been released.
Empires of Eve
"Empires of Eve" was written by journalist Andrew Groen. Groen, who had written for "Wired" and "Ars Technica", wanted to write a book about parts of the video-game world which had been overlooked by other journalists. "Eve Online" was released around that time, and Groen began researching the game. The game met his criterion for uniqueness because of its focus on causation. Groen looked for past work about "Eve Online"; a 2003 forum post ("Death to Taggart, Death to Ragnar, Death to the memory of this treacherous night" by player Jade Constantine) caught his attention and inspired him to write the book. He spent two years in research, talking to over 70 players, examining forum posts and reading data related to the game. Groen had never played "Eve Online" before he wrote the book, and said that his idea for a book was not seriously considered; without "Empires of Eve", the game's history might have been lost. He began a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for the book in 2014.