Spoony reviews Ultima 5
As per usual, Spoony is at his profane best in his review of Ultima 5. And this time, I figured out where his video player hides its embed code! (via)
Monthly Archive: September 2010
Restored: Ultima Launcher
I’ve finally gotten around to getting the downloads working again for Xenerkes Dragon’s helpful little launcher application for the Ultima games.
Sanctimonia progress update
Kevin Fishburne writes to inform us of the latest progress made on Sanctimonia, his Ultima-inspired “faux 3D” online RPG: I’ve been working on it like I was going to hell if I didn’t, so...
Yar! It be "Talk Like a Pirate Day!"
Just in case you’re wondering what’s up with the site: the butchered grammar and sea-rat pidgin are the result of a handy little WordPress plugin and a Yahoo! translation API. Yarrrr!
The end of game resales?
There’s a lot of heady legal concepts in this article, and I admit that I haven’t yet re-read it in order to absorb it fully. But if I understand it correctly, it would appear...
Games in the classroom?
[singlepic id=85 w=300 h=140 float=right]No, I’m not talking about playing The Secret of Monkey Island on your iPhone during another boring math lecture. I’m talking about games forming a part of a course curriculum…in...
Restored: Mo'Slo
This CPU slowdown utility is well-known to any Dragon or Dragonette who ever purchased the Ultima Collection CD (it was included as an optional install). Aiera hosted a copy for some time, back in...
Restored: Diligence
Michael C. Maggio’s Linux-based tileset viewer for some of the (earlier, I can only assume) Ultima games is once again available for download.
Quoth Warren Spector: "I think that this is kind of a Golden Age…"
That Warren Spector…he just seems to be all over the gaming newsfeeds these days. Not that this is really a surprising trend; with Epic Mickey garnering as much attention as it has been, the...
Path of Exile
[singlepic id=81 w=250 h=154 float=right]Now this looks interesting! Introduced at PAX, Path of Exile is a Diablo-like action-oriented RPG “set in the dark fantasy world of Wraeclast. It is currently under development by Grinding...
