Spoken Like Iolo!
Iolo is alive and well in David Watson’s pithy reply to Richard Garriott on Twitter.
Iolo is alive and well in David Watson’s pithy reply to Richard Garriott on Twitter.
Richard Garriott currently holds the record for the highest-altitude geocache; he left a cache on the International Space Station (ISS). NASA flight engineer Rick Mastracchio is going after it. (Updated: The geocache has been reached!)
Warren Spector has a new job at the University of Texas at Austin, and has been giving a number of interviews and talks recently. Among the subjects he has discussed are emergent game design, and his legacy as a developer (along with some of his fears about same).
Richard Garriott’s SXSW talk, “The New Golden Age of Human Spaceflight”, has been posted on YouTube and summarized on the SXSW website.
Chris Roberts’ Star Citizen has reached the $27 million crowdfunding milestone, and a new stretch goal has been announced which will see major improvements to Squadron 42, the game’s single-player side.
Noah “Spoony” Antwiler evidently stopped by the Portalarium offices recently. The resulting video can apparently be considered a trailer of sorts for his upcoming roast of/interview with Lord British.
Game Industry has a three-part interview with Richard Garriott about Shroud of the Avatar and its development process.
Shroud of the Avatar executive producer Starr Long delivered a talk at GDC Next recently, in which he offered his thoughts on nine trends that he expects will shape gaming in the decade to come.
Star Citizen has reached yet another crowdfunding milestone: $26 million…and a new stretch goal has been announced.
Chris Roberts’ crowdfunding machine is seemingly unstoppable; Star Citizen reached the $25 million milestone last week, and is now poised to reach $26 million.
Raph Koster’s 10th anniversary updated version of “A Theory of Fun for Game Design” is available for pre-order at Amazon.com.