The headlines around the world about Sean Smith last year were mostly about how he left this Earth. But this is a story about what he did while he was here. This is a story about Sean Smith's life—about what he did in the so-called "real" world and what he did in a virtual galaxy where he was a Machiavellian legend.
Masters of Doom author David Kushner profiles foreign service employee Sean Smith on Playboy [NSFW site!].
Continuing his blossoming love affair with the video game community
As has been written before, Sean Smith of the U.S. State Department also was a deeply committed presence inside the world of EVE Online
In a memorial service today for four American diplomats assassinated in Libya earlier this week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton paid tribute to Sean Smith, a consular officer for the United States
Grief, in an online community, can be a shockingly intimate thing. People who have known each other as a collection of digital avatars and assumed names gather together to mourn the genuinely painful loss of one of their own. The best and most generous parts of a community's nature often show when tragedy strikes it.
Sean Smith, the US State Department official killed by "militia" in Libya yesterday, was a senior figure in the EVE Online community, and frequent member of the game's Council of Stellar Management (CSM), a fan-elected governing body.
