“Elderlands”: Josh Ely Takes Over
Jason Ely will be handing off development of “Elderlands” to his son – and a small team – while he pursues a new employment opportunity.
Jason Ely will be handing off development of “Elderlands” to his son – and a small team – while he pursues a new employment opportunity.
Join Spam Spam Spam Humbug for a complete reading of Andrea Contato’s “Through the Moongate”! This episode covers Origin Systems’ struggle to adapt to developing “Ultima 6” for MS-DOS.
Jason Ely has announced that he’ll be stopping development of “Lothgar Online”, a legacy project, and focusing full-time on “Elderlands” going forward.
Join Spam Spam Spam Humbug for a complete reading of Andrea Contato’s “Through the Moongate”! This episode covers the development and release of Ultima 5 across various platforms.
This episode covers the development of Ultima 5, and the fracturing of Origin Systems into its New England and Texas offices.
Join Spam Spam Spam Humbug for a complete reading of Andrea Contato’s “Through the Moongate”!
Jason Ely is still working on “Elderlands” when time permits, and the MMORPG isn’t going away. But he’s not going to commit to publishing development schedules anymore.
The actual “Iron & Magic” site – minimal storefront and all – isn’t accessible at the moment.
Richard Garriott’s in-development NFT-based MMORPG now has a name, website, and Twitter account. And not much else (at this moment).
A prominent figure in the video game collecting community stands accused of creating and/or selling forged copies of high-value retro games.
Or we could just watch and laugh at how many bots reply to the episode title on Twitter.
“Elderlands” is being split into two versions of the game: a “Legacy” version based on the 2016 client, and a “Future” version that will be actively developed.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug will be, for the next several weeks, doing a complete read-through of Andrea Contato’s “Through the Moongate”.