Rather Infrequent Open Thread
The no longer anywhere even remotely approaching nightly open thread at Ultima Aiera.
Author: WtF Dragon
Five Years After Odyssey
The Middle-Aged Gamer interviewed some of the more well-known members of the Ultima X: Odyssey development team back in 2008, and posted the entire discussion on his blog.
Funny Webcomic Spoofs Ultima 4
Funny Webcomic — an online comic that takes on different subjects week to week and lets visitors vote on them — has just put up a spoof of Ultima 4’s gypsy sequence.
EA Making Big Moves Into Social, Mobile Spaces
EA has recently made major purchases in the social and mobile gaming spaces, acquiring developers Ohai and PopCap as part of their increased focused on socially-driven gaming.
New (But Orphaned) Project: ZXU4
Zedex Dragon was, for a time, building a custom version of Ultima 4 for a computer of his own designing, the ZX Spectrum SE.
Back to Roots: Working Healers, And Many Lines of Code
Fearyourself’s Ultima-inspired game engine project proceeds apace, with the addition of a healer in Brittany.
Zeph's Ultima MineCraft Textures Updated
Zeph’s Ultima-themed texture pack for MineCraft has been updated.
Apple's OS X Lion (10.7) Breaks Fullscreen for SDL-based Games
An issue with deprecated OS functions in the latest version of OS X — code-named “Lion” — causes SDL-based games to crash.
The Lost History of System Shock
G4TV presents a restrospective look at the storied history of System Shock and the many and varied issues that have long prevented the creation of a sequel or the release of the series on sites like Good Old Games.
xu4: More Minor Updates, Swanky New High-Resolution Tiles!
The xu4 team have made a few more tweaks and improvements to xu4’s performance, and have also made significant progress in a “new” tileset for the game.
