Happy (Belated) Birthday, George Oldziey!
Austin-based composer George Oldziey, who worked on the soundtracks for a few Origin Systems games (including Ultima 9), celebrated his birthday earlier this week.
Creation takes time. Time is limited.
Soulbringer Was Released on Good Old Games This Week
Good Old Games released Soulbringer, a 3D action RPG from 2000, this week. I loved this game back when it first came out, especially for its rather…different magic system.
Double Fine Crowdsources An "Old School" Adventure Game…In About Eight Hours (Updated!)
Double Fine, the independent development studio behind such titles as Psychonauts and Stacking, decided to try something a little different in an effort to fund an upcoming, old-school-style adventure game that they want to make. The solution they came up with was…pretty damn awesome, actually.
Bethesda Thursdays
The weekly round-up of news related to Bethesda Softworks and their excellent RPG series, The Elder Scrolls.
RPGCodex Interviews Ian Frazier
RPGCodex scored an interview with Ian Frazier, former lead of Team Lazarus and the lead designer for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.
I Am A Game Photographer: Mass Effect 3 (Demo)
Screenshots from, and thoughts on, the recently-released demo for BioWare’s upcoming action RPG, Mass Effect 3.
Backtoroots: Dungeon rooms with objects and monsters
And in a further Back To Roots progress update, I was lucky to continue the progress of dungeon handling.
Backtoroots: Dungeon Crawlers
The backtoroots project has moved forward by forging monsters in the dungeon halls.
Big Huge Wednesdays
The weekly round-up of news related to 38 Studios/Big Huge Games and their upcoming open-world RPG, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.
SOL: Exodus Sounds Like A Hit (Update: Demo Available!)
Over at the Wing Commander CIC, Bandit LOAF reviews — and much approves of — a new, indie space sim called SOL: Exodus.
