Rampant Games’ Jay Barnson poses a difficult question: can game developers make it easy to learn an RPGs systems and controls without dumbing the game down and alienating players who want a bit more of a challenge?
The roughly-weekly round-up of news related to Kindgoms of Amalur: Reckoning, the upcoming open-world RPG (from Big Huge Games/38 Studios) being worked on by Ian “Tiberius” Frazier of Lazarus fame.
Raph Koster has posted a round-up response/FAQ post to address some of the comments on his post on immersion in games. It’s worth a read!
Andy Panthro has updated his Ultima-inspired texture pack for Minecraft to support the latest version of the smash hit indie game.
Some of you might have received malware notifications when visiting the site today. If so, I apologize. However, Aiera is now malware free again, and I continue to take pains to maintain its security.
The Richard Garriott-focused documentary Man on a Mission has been released, and naturally the online media has been exploding with stories about it and its subject, Lord British himself.
I noticed someone on Twitter had posted an image of what he explained was an Akalabeth-inspired personal project.
Voyager Dragon has posted another screenshot of the Ultima 3 title screen to The Exodus Project’s home page. It almost looks like the CGA version title screen…but it’s isn’t.
The gaming industry veteran and former lead designer for Ultima Online talks about immersion in gaming, and comments on the way modern gaming has moved away from the concept.
Continuing his Ultima Game Developer series at The Digital Lycaeum, Browncoat Jayson as published an article discussing the legal issues surrounding fan games and other similar projects.
Nyrthos is a new game which basically became known online earlier this week. Targeted at browsers and mobile devices, it looks like an Infinity Engine game, more or less, and evidently incorporates many RPG features.
