Shroud of the Avatar – Update of the Avatar #102
Shroud of the Avatar – Update of the Avatar #102 – SotA Steam Trading Cards, Release 13 Grand Tour POI: Desert Scene, New R13 Player Deco Items,
RECAP of the Cyber Monday 12 Hour Telethon, and More!
Monthly Archive: December 2014
Interview with Bill Randolph
Bill Randolph graciously took over an hour out of his busy schedule to chat with us about his work at Origin Systems, especially on Ultima 9. He answered a number of questions about the game and its development, and shed some new light on its difficult development.
Wallpaper for the Week
Wallpaper for the week, via The Paper Wall. I’ve struck on a bit of an idea: the last wallpaper I posted was an image of a mountain range in Nepal, and I remarked that...
GOG’s 2014 DRM-Free Big Winter Sale is On Now
Hot on the heels of their Big Fall Sale, GOG have launched their DRM-Free Big Winter Sale.
Let’s Also All Congratulate Joe Garrity; He Received A Royal Warrant from Lord British
Joe Garrity of the Origin Museum was awarded a Royal Warrant by Lord British during Portalarium’s recent Cyber Monday 2014 12-Hour Telethon.
Let’s All Congratulate Fenyx4; He Received an ONBE on Monday
Fenyx4, who both contributes to and manages the tech base for the Ultima and Shroud of the Avatar wikis, received an ONBE this past Monday.
Ultima Journeys: Starting the Quest in Ultima 4
Linguistic Dragon has begun actually playing through Ultima 4.
So It Seems We’ll Learn All About the New King’s Quest This Weekend
The new King’s Quest game, by The Odd Gentlemen, will premier at The Game Awards this weekend.
Retro Gamer Interviews Richard Garriott About Origin Systems
Retro Gamer has published an interview with Richard Garriott focused on the history of Origin Systems. Which contains a few amusing errors.
Ultima at PC Gamer: The Legacy of the Avatar
Richard Cobbett, writing at PC Gamer, takes a look at the Ultima series…and the Avatar’s role in setting up the various events that plagued Britannia therein.
