Spam Spam Spam Humbug 112 – Ultima Forever Is Still Missed
We wax nostalgic about Mythic and EA’s short-lived attempt to reboot the Ultima franchise on mobile, before moving on to other topics.
Category: Gaming
Wisps of Mantis: Tech Demo Upcoming
Dino the Dark Dragon dropped another screenshot of his latest Ultima-inspired programming project, Wisps of Mantis, onto the Ultima Dragons group on Facebook a while back, along with some news of an impending demo...
OpenArthurianX6: Source Code Release; Pushing for Milestone 1
Slashing Dragon has released the source code for his Ultima 6-like game engine, and is working hard on readying the first Milestone release thereof.
Matt Chat: Ultima in the Silver Age of RPGs
Matt Barton takes a look at what he calls the Silver Age of RPGs, and the role that the early Ultima games played therein.
The Wing Commander CIC Turns 20
The principle fan site for that other well-known series of games Origin Systems produced celebrates a significant milestone.
El Somni Quas: Lios Level Design Diary
The El Somni Quas team have published a development diary, giving us a look at the creation of a small mining town.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug 107 – Made-Up Languages in Video Games
After too long of an absence, we return to discuss some of the made-up languages that have appeared in video games over the years.
Review: Raph Koster’s “Postmortems”
A review of Raph Koster’s postmortems, or as much of it as I’ve read at any rate.
Raph Koster Has a New Book Out: Postmortems
It’s a collection of articles and essays about games he has designed or contributed to, including Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxies.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug 106 – Abstraction
There are some things that are better experienced in a…simplified form.
Check Out Lurking II: A Madness
OKLABSOFT have released a sequel to their Ultima-inspired RPG, Lurking.
