Monthly Archive: July 2014

July 18, 2014

Raph Koster Discusses Privateer Online

Raph Koster, inspired by the excitement surrounding No Man’s Sky, wrote a blog post about his work on a version of Privateer Online, which was ultimately cancelled. It makes for an interesting read, as...

Headlines

July 18, 2014

Underworld Ascension Has Been On the Drawing Board Since October of 2013

October 3rd, 2013: that’s when Cerulean Sky Productions (doesn’t that just sound somehow familiar?) trademarked, among other things, three game titles: Underworld, Underworld Ascendant, and Rise of the Underworld. Since then, they’ve also trademarked...

Factoids

July 18, 2014

Ultima 3 is the first game in the series where cheating (by means of using in-game bugs & exploits) is possible.

Wallpaper for the Week

July 17, 2014

By Request: An Origin Systems “We Created Worlds” Wallpaper

Over on the Ultima Dragons Facebook page, Dino the Dark Dragon (among others) commented that Chlorthos’ Origin Systems logo wallpaper should really have read “we created worlds”. So I obligingly fired up Gimp this...

Shroud of the Avatar

July 17, 2014

Shroud of the Avatar – Hangout of the Avatar – Player Towns

Shroud of the Avatar – Hangout of the Avatar – Player Towns Discussion – Friday, July 18th at 3pm CDT

Origin Systems / Wallpaper for the Week

July 16, 2014

Wallpaper for the Week: The Origin Systems Logo

Courtesy of Chlorthos Dragon, this week’s excellent desktop and mobile phone wallpaper is none other than the Origin Systems logo set upon a backdrop of stars. It is available in both portrait and landscape...

Richard Garriott

July 16, 2014

Richard Garriott Created a Card for Magic 2015

Richard Garriott was invited to create a card for Magic 2015’s Core and Duel of the Planeswalkers releases. That card? The Shield of the Avatar.

Richard Garriott / Ultima Dragons

July 16, 2014

Richard Garriott Chats With Felicia Day and Greg Kasavin About Ultima

Back at the end of June, during the course of E3, Greg Kasavin and Felicia Day (Ultima Dragons both) interviewed Richard Garriott.

MMORPG.de Interviews Paul Neurath About Underworld Ascension

Headlines

July 16, 2014

MMORPG.de Interviews Paul Neurath About Underworld Ascension

MMORPG.de conducted an interview with Other Side Entertainment’s Paul Neurath, which of course was about Underworld Ascension (although Ultima Underworld gets mentioned a few times, and screenshots from that game grace the article). It’s...