In Case You Didn’t Know: Richard Garriott Was the Inspiration for “Ready Player One’s” James Halliday
And the OASIS was inspired by the Ultima series, especially Ultima Online.
Category: Ex-Origin
War Stories: Lord British created an ecology for Ultima Online, but no one saw it
No plan survives contact with the users
The Digital Antiquarian Looks at the Worlds of Ultima Games
The Dightal Antiquarian turns his attention back to Origin Systems, and the first time they ever re-used a game engine.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug 94 – The Lost Richard Garriott Interview
A previously unpublished 2014 interview with Richard Garriott, in which he discusses Ultima 9, Ultima X, Shroud of the Avatar, and other things besides.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 91 – Ultima Online Again (With Raph Koster)
In which Raph Koster — Designer Dragon, the original designer working on Ultima Online — tells still yet more stories from that game’s earliest years.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 90 – Ultima Online Turns 20 (With Raph Koster)
What better way to mark the 20th anniversary of Ultima Online than by hearing stories from the original designer thereof?
Raph Koster Wants Your Ultima Online Questions
Raph Koster, one of the original designers who worked on Ultima Online, is celebrating that game’s 20th anniversary by taking questions. Lots of questions.
One Book, Three Richard Garriott Stories
David L. Craddock’s new book — Break Out: How the Apple II Launched the PC Gaming Revolution — contains a number of stories about Richard Garriott and Origin Systems. Here are three of them.
Helen Walker Garriott: Requiescat in Pacem (Updated)
Richard Garriott’s mother, Helen Walker Garriott, has passed away.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 88 – Random Dragonly Rabble, Yet Again!
Another round of random Dragonly rabble.
