Back to Back to Roots
Fearyourself/JC, the talented programmer behind the Back to Roots engine project, recently got married! Oh, and he’ll be resuming work on the project pretty soon.
Creation takes time. Time is limited.
The Ultima Aiera #Ultima IRC Channel Is Live
Someone kindly set up an IRC channel which I will henceforth and heretofore adopt as Ultima Aiera’s official IRC channel.
An Ultima-Inspired iOS Game
Magelore: Avatars of Alturia, an iOS game still under development, touts itself as being inspired by Ultima.
Screenshots (And Video!) of Ultima 4 On An iPad
Three screenshots and a video of Ultima 4 running on an iPad 2, courtesy of Bill Loguidice and Manuel Masias. Yes, these are screenshots of the xu4 beta.
Dino The Dark Dragon Is Nine Years A Dragon!
Dino the Dark Dragon, who runs Dino’s Ultima Page — another great source for Ultima news and information — joined the UDIC nine years ago last Saturday.
Richard Garriott: MMOs Are "A Hassle To Get Into"
Gamasutra interviews Ultima creator Richard Garriott about Portalarium, social gaming, MMORPGs, and what’s coming next for Lord British.
Skyrim. Looks. Awesome! (Updated!)
Bethesda Softworks released a fourteen-minute video of gameplay footage from Skyrim, their upcoming (and gorgeous-looking) fantasy RPG. It. Looks. Bloody. Amazing.
One Of The Reasons I Like BioWare (And EA, Too)
BioWare’s “the Doctors” — and many of the top people at EA, for that matter — stress the importance of having executives who are also hardcore gamers. I can’t help but agree.
