xu4: iPhone video and tileset questions
Darren, from the xu4 project, wrote with two ends in mind this evening. First, he wanted to draw my attention — and, by extension, the attention of all you Dragons and Dragonettes — to...
Monthly Archive: February 2011
New Gallery: Origin Systems iPhone Wallpapers
Ultima fan and Aiera Browncoat Jayson reader has created over thirty iPhone/iPod Touch wallpaper images based on Origin Systems and their games. Most of the images are drawn from various Ultima titles, but there...
New video: an Ultima Online demo reel…from 2004!
Ultima Aiera is pleased to present this demo reel — which was apparently only ever released internally at Electronic Arts and whatever studio was doing the development (Mythic Entertainment?) — from a second attempt...
Don’t stay at the Days Inn in Sullivan, Indiana
Just a warning to you all…don’t stay at this place. What’s the problem, you might ask? Sit down and let me tell you. But let me begin by listing the things the hotel gets...
Here's a little palette cleanser…
…after that Lord of Ultima news piece. It’s an interview with none other than Corey Cole, the husbandly half of the husband-and-wife duo behind the Hero’s Quest (later Quest for Glory) games that Sierra...
Something, something, Lord of Ultima
Since I know you all care about this game so very much, I know you will all rush out right now and pick up the Google Chrome plugin/app that has just been released for...
Boxer for Mac now ships with the Ultima Underworld demo
Boxer, for those who don’t know the name, is a Mac port of DOSBox that claims to vastly simplify the process of playing DOS games using that software. Having used it, I’d say that...
Richard Garriott: "I don't think we've yet mastered the techniques of true interactive storytelling."
And I suppose he’d be the man to know: Do watch the whole thing; it’s a really interesting look at story-telling in gameplay, and it hits most of the correct points in that discussion.
A Beautiful Britannia 2011 R2 teaser image
Firstknight is continuing to make progress upgrading the textures for Ultima 9, and is on course for a roughly summertime release. And to tease you all, he offers this side-by-side comparison of screenshots, showing...
