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Added: Avatar Minecraft Character Skin

Added: Avatar Minecraft Character Skin

Whilst Googling around for Avatar-related images, I stumbled across this: a custom character skin for your avatar in Minecraft…which just so happens to resemble the Avatar from Ultima 7: The Black Gate (and Serpent...

Ultima Online 2 Creature & Character Models

Ultima Online 2 Creature & Character Models

BanditLOAF from the Wing Commander CIC just brought to my attention the online portfolio of Art Wong, a digital artist in the employ of Electronic Arts. He seems to do a lot of 3D...

The "least worst" solution

The "least worst" solution

Ultima fans, unfortunately, can remember a time when a very different EA would have been willing to push “a game riddled with bugs on the eve of release” out the door anyway. If anyone...

Gamers abandoning gaming handhelds

Gamers abandoning gaming handhelds

Apropos of the discussion taking place in the comments section of this article comes this timely report via Slashdot: “IndustryGamers reports on new research from Interpret, which shows that more and more people are...

Back to Roots progress report

Back to Roots progress report

Fearyourself emailed me to report on his progress with his project, Back to Roots. He has been quite busy with “behind the scenes” work, and has added support for “pretty much every NPC” from...

Restored: The System Shock Hack Project

Restored: The System Shock Hack Project

I kind of skipped over this project, another of the entries currently residing in the Orphanage. It’s kind of funny, to me, that I’d restore its files to working order just after the release...

Team Return needs 3D artists

Team Return needs 3D artists

Sergorn Dragon tweeted this plea earlier today: It’s a pretty straightforward request, Dragons and Dragonettes. If you have any experience doing work with 3D modeling software, and/or have monkeyed around with retexturing models used...