42 quick glimpses under the hood of Halo's AI
Yeah, I know, I know…Halo is to Ultima what apples are to flamethrowers, which is to say that the two series couldn’t really be more different or unrelated. I get that, I grant that,...
Creation takes time. Time is limited.
Restored: Dragon Engine
This project was supposed to be a fairly straightforward, Ultima 5-inspired 2D engine which employed the use of various Ultima conventions. However, Litmus Dragon stopped work on it some years ago, though not before...
Restored: The New King
Admittedly, there wasn’t much to restore; the project is still very much in its planning stages, since it is intended as the direct sequel to Ultima IX: Redemption (which has yet to be released)....
Restored: Ashes
I say “restored” in the sense that I’ve cleaned up the entry and properly re-categorized it…right into the Cemetery. There was a time when Ashes looked like a very promising 3D engine inspired heavily...
Epic Mickey Introduction
Junction Point has released the introductory video for Warren Spector’s Epic Mickey: First impressions: they definitely do a good job of capturing the “old school” Mickey Mouse here, both in terms of his mannerisms...
Released: Ultima 6 Project Patch 1.01
From the good Dragons and Dragonesses at U6P: Team Archon has released the 1.0.1 patch for the Ultima 6 Project for Dungeon Siege 1 (PC and Mac). This release fixes a number of issues...
Awesome: Lair of the Shadow Broker trailer
This is, I submit, what downloadable content (DLC) should be all about: Being an Ultima fan, I’ve always measured add-on content — DLC included — against the metric established by the two expansions to...
Hurricane!
Not great quality, but it gives a sense of what the weather here in Ingonish is like. Earl is making itself known. And the wedding? Indoors, my Dragons. Indoors FTW.
No updates today
I’m a groomsman for my friend Tiago, who is getting married this weekend in Ingonish, Nova Scotia. Which means I’ll be spending most of the day on a plane between Edmonton and Halifax, or...
Restored: IRE
DOUG the Eagle Dragon’s Ultima 6-inspired RPG creation software is once again available for download.
