Monthly Archive: February 2011

Nightly Open Thread

Nightly Open Thread

Eight myths about video games…debunked here. And are consoles limiting the potential and future sales performance of high-end PC graphics cards? Discuss…or discuss something else.

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...

More news from the Days Inn, Sullivan

More news from the Days Inn, Sullivan

Well, I’ve done some more research, and my findings have been interesting. Previously, I mentioned that I was getting pop-ups. I should have been more specific, because what I was actually getting was a...

Nightly Open Thread

Nightly Open Thread

Activision has killed the Guitar Hero franchise. DJ Hero also got canned, but I don’t think anybody cares. Oh, and Activision is sacking about 500 people as well. It seems to me we were...