The Retronauts, a podcasting team that look at old games, have selected Ultima 4 as the topic of their fourth episode:

Episode 4 of Retronauts Pocket brings to bear the long-awaited Kickstarter backer requests. In this case, a fine fellow by the name of Dave Epp has asked us to speak about Ultima IV. Conveniently, while neither guest Scott Sharkey nor I have played the game in a dog’s age, we’re both well aware of its innovations and importance — as are fellow co-hosts Bob Mackey and Ray Barnholt. So kick back for 45 minutes and listen to us speak about this seminal RPG and how it’s influenced so many games since its debut.

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There’s some discussion of other games toward the end of the podcast (e.g. Shin Megami Tensei, Mass Effect, Dragon Age), and of how to modernize Ultima 4 as well.