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August 1, 2014

“Beware betrayal, incompetence or worse from casual comrades. Gather your trusted allies to you.” – Six of Keys Tarot Card, Ultima Forever

Wallpaper for the Week

July 31, 2014

Wallpaper for the Week

Wallpaper for the week. Via The Paper Wall.

Factoids

July 31, 2014

Avatars of the Shepherd class in Ultima 9 can never max out their stats.

Quotes

July 30, 2014

“The headless seem to be the result of a bizarre and cruel prank on the part of some powerful human or possibly nature itself.” – A Safe Passage Through Britannia, Ultima Underworld 2

Factoids

July 29, 2014

In Ultima 7, Cynthia — a teller at the Royal Mint — must be killed in order to obtain the vault key. Cynthia must be alive, however, to redeem the spoils of robbing the...

Headlines

July 23, 2014

The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy Interviews Richard Garriott

Lightspeed Magazine has a full transcription of Wired’s Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy’s interview with Richard Garriott. Much of it focuses on the Ultima games and the philosophy of the Eight Virtues, although some...

Quotes

July 23, 2014

“Beware of the jesters, for although they amuse, they may also deceive.” – The First Age of Darkness, Ultima 1

Check out Mike Winterbauer’s Book About Game Box Art (Including Some Wing Commander Art)

Headlines

July 22, 2014

Check out Mike Winterbauer’s Book About Game Box Art (Including Some Wing Commander Art)

Mike Winterbauer, an artist who created the box cover art for (among other things) some of the Wing Commander and Might & Magic games, has written about about his work on these and other...

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.

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...

Headlines

July 15, 2014

Sean Malstrom Doesn’t Like Shroud of the Avatar

Typed dialogue and a wide variety of house options aren’t everyone’s mug of ale: “For what is wrong, it is what I hear from people who bought into the alpha…An example is dialogue. You...