Daily Archive: February 11, 2011

New Gallery: OSI Rejection Letter

New Gallery: OSI Rejection Letter

Courtesy of Kevin Fishburne (the developer behind Sanctimonia), Ultima Aiera is pleased to present this letter — on Origin Systems letterhead — signed by Richard “Lord British” Garriott himself. It is a rejection letter,...

Beautiful Britannia: New Flowers!

Beautiful Britannia: New Flowers!

Firstknight sent me another fantastic Beautiful Britannia screenshot by email, and wanted to draw attention to a couple of particular features thereof. He writes: “The screen shows not only the new [texture] transitions, but...

Nightly Open Thread

Nightly Open Thread

Seesmic, HootSuite, or TweetDeck? Remember, this is an open thread. Don’t just comment on what I say…post anything interesting you’ve seen recently!

Why have I not heard of Worldforge before now?

Why have I not heard of Worldforge before now?

Worldforge, which first emerged onto the scene back in 1997, bills itself as “the original open-source MMORPG project.” And that’s certainly a fair descriptor of what it is. It isn’t, strictly speaking, an MMO...

Added: Joyous Rebel

Added: Joyous Rebel

The oddly-titled Joyous Rebel is an Ultima-inspired RPG that was originally released as shareware in 1996. In 1998, it received several bug fixes and was re-released as freeware, possibly in anticipation of its sequel...