Ultima 6 Project Patch Update
Zephyr posted a short note at the Ultima 6 Project website to let us know that a pre-release version of their version 1.01 patch is available for early testers to request and try out....
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Restored: Project Britannia
I’ve finally gotten around to restoring the downloads for the engine — I’m calling it that — that served as the basis for two other well-known Ultima remakes: Project Britannia. I’ve also updated the...
Morality systems in games
I was just reading about the new Going Rogue expansion for City of Heroes, the principal new feature of which is that “[f]or the first time in the game, heroes and villains will be...
Sad, but funny, but true
It isn’t always easy being a gamer. Though admittedly, it’s probably harder for our spouses. I’ve also seen variants of this cake-topper, including one in which the bride and groom were sitting playing an...
Updated: Sanctimonia
Kevin Fishburne dropped me an email to let me know that has changed directions a bit with his Sanctimonia project. He’s abandoned Kickstarter, for one, and has instead thrown up a dedicated site for...
Lord of Ultima Forum
Granted, Lord of Ultima is way outside the canon of the Ultima series, and its game world doesn’t seem to have all that much to do with the Britannia that Ultima fans know and...
For Paul Barnett
I got your message, good sir, and would be happy to help. I said as much in an email reply, in fact, and also included some additional contact info. Please let me know or...
Added: Return to the Serpent Isle
Sergorn Dragon reminded me that even though I had announced his ambitious project — for which I am a member of the production team — on Aiera previously, I had not yet added a...
Testing weekend arrives early!
Oh, what the heck, eh? Apropos of what I said before, I’ve decided to bump up the testing weekend a bit, and have made a couple of changes to the plan since yesterday afternoon....
Richard Garriott wins legal fight with NCsoft
From Gameinformer: An Austin, Texas, court has awarded Ultima creator Richard Garriott $28 million over what it determined was his forced departure from NCsoft in 2008. At the time of his departure, a letter...
