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Ultima Online GDC Hall of Fame video

Ultima Online GDC Hall of Fame video

Apparently, Ultima Online received the first ever Hall of Fame award at GDC, the Game Developers Conference. To celebrate, Mythic (who are now in charge of UO) produced a celebratory little video: Now, granted,...

Three years ago today!

Three years ago today!

That’s right, Dragons and Dragonette’s; it’s October 20th! Three years ago today, the Dragoness and I stood on the altar at Holy Name Catholic Church in her home town of Vermilion, Alberta, said “I...

Restored: Alter U9

Restored: Alter U9

Before there was Eriadain or Ultima IX: Redemption, there was Moa Dragon’s attempt to implement the Bob White plot (or, at least, what was known of it back then) using two different versions of...

Ray-traced Ultima goodness

Ray-traced Ultima goodness

While doing some reading for his Masters programme, Dino stumbled upon a lecture on ray-tracing (a 3D rendering technique) that featured some Ultima-themed artwork as an example: Notable elements in the diagram include the...

Epic Mickey score nominated for award

Epic Mickey score nominated for award

There isn’t anything, in the gaming world, that is an exact analog of the Oscars (which is probably a good thing), but the Hollywood Music In Media Awards are about as close as any...

New Gallery: Ultima 9 Character Sketches

New Gallery: Ultima 9 Character Sketches

Speaking of both Sergorn Dragon’s playthrough of Ultima 9 and the Titans of Ether’s remake of same… …courtesy of Joe Garrity of the Origin Museum, and thanks to the hard work of both him...

Titans of Ether: September Update

Titans of Ether: September Update

Direhaggis has posted the latest update to the Redemption website. Therein, team member Spyder encourages everyone to register for the project’s forum, wherein they will find all manner of little bits of bonus content...

Sergorn Dragon vs. Ultima 9

Sergorn Dragon vs. Ultima 9

That’s right…my “boss” on the Ultima Return project has reached the last title in his playthrough of the Ultima games: Ultima 9: Ascension. And not without a few attempts to stoke more discussion about...