Monthly Archive: June 2014

June 12, 2014

“Though ‘Ambrosia’ actually refers to the whole island, its lack of human life results in this name being applied to its dungeons as a whole.” – Key to the Black Gate, the Ultima 7...

Ultima

June 12, 2014

Get (Most Of) the Ultima Series on EA’s Origin Store

EA is selling most of the single-player Ultima games via their Origin digital storefront now, although Ultima 7 is noticeably absent from the catalogue at present.

Factoids

June 11, 2014

Some of the rune stones produced by Runekeeper in Ultima Underworld 2 are marked as Kal stones, but actually function as Corp stones.

Ultima Fan Projects

June 10, 2014

Ananias Mobile Roguelike: New Features

Slashland has put up a preview of a new tileset, and some new detail features, that will soon be incorporated into Ananias, his roguelike for mobile devices.

Gaming / Ultima Forever

June 10, 2014

Mythic’s Final Months: Seven Game Prototypes and Another Classic Franchise

In which we examine some hints, from LinkedIn, as to what may have been going on at Mythic in the studio’s final months.

Shroud of the Avatar

June 10, 2014

Check Out the Shroud of the Avatar E3 2014 Trailer

The latest trailer for Portalarium’s Shroud of the Avatar, as presented at E3 2014. Voiceover by Bill “The Guardian” Johnson!

Factoids

June 10, 2014

It is actually possible to cause Killorn Keep, a floating fortress the Avatar visits in Ultima Underworld 2, to fall from the sky and crash into the desert below.

Ultima / Ultima Fan Projects

June 9, 2014

Linguistic Dragon’s Ultima Journeys: Ultima 1 Finished

Linguistic Dragon has finished his playthrough of Ultima 1, and has (of course) blogged about it at length.

Ultima Fan Projects

June 9, 2014

Nuvie: Martian Dreams Lab Sequence Finished (Mostly)

The 1895 lab sequence from Martian Dreams has been fully implemented (basically) in Nuvie.

This Is How Monster Movie Scenarios Start

WtFBlog

June 9, 2014

This Is How Monster Movie Scenarios Start

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_QyGANCUJI This is either not cool or very cool. I can’t decide.

Quotes

June 9, 2014

“Seeing what cannot be seen, hearing what no man hears, communing with beings not present…what ancient spirit possesses the mage that his mind constantly dwells on things not perceived by the common man?” –...