Subdomain Updates
I’ve been busy building the Ultima 4 subdomain. It’s not quite ready yet; I still need to restore a goodly number of the project entries. But it’s starting to take shape, and at least...
Category: Headlines
GOG Now Supports Linux (For Some of Their Games)
Big news from GOG.com: Linux support has officially arrived! Currently, about 50 games are supported (if I read the news release correctly), with additional games seeing support added every day. To celebrate, they’ve put...
You Should Enable Two-Factor Authentication (Yes, You)
Hast thou enabled two-factor authentication on all thy accounts that support it?
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...
Warren Spector is Featured in Video Games: The Movie
Zach Braff’s Video Games: The Movie is “an epic feature length documentary chronicling the meteoric rise of video games from nerd niche to multi-billion dollar industry. Featuring in-depth interviews with the godfathers who started...
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...
Raph Koster Discusses Privateer Online
Raph Koster, inspired by the excitement surrounding No Man’s Sky, wrote a blog post about his work on a version of Privateer Online, which was ultimately cancelled. It makes for an interesting read, as...
Underworld Ascension Has Been On the Drawing Board Since October of 2013
October 3rd, 2013: that’s when Cerulean Sky Productions (doesn’t that just sound somehow familiar?) trademarked, among other things, three game titles: Underworld, Underworld Ascendant, and Rise of the Underworld. Since then, they’ve also trademarked...
