Spam Spam Spam Humbug 95 – Alternate Histories of Ultima
In which we explore headcanon, what-if scenarios about Sosarian and Britannia history, and even where some Ultima games themselves took canon in a different direction.
Tagged: Electronic Arts
Spam Spam Spam Humbug 94 – The Lost Richard Garriott Interview
A previously unpublished 2014 interview with Richard Garriott, in which he discusses Ultima 9, Ultima X, Shroud of the Avatar, and other things besides.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 91 – Ultima Online Again (With Raph Koster)
In which Raph Koster — Designer Dragon, the original designer working on Ultima Online — tells still yet more stories from that game’s earliest years.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 90 – Ultima Online Turns 20 (With Raph Koster)
What better way to mark the 20th anniversary of Ultima Online than by hearing stories from the original designer thereof?
Richard Garriott Reflects on Forty Years of Game Development
GamesBeat sat down with Richard Garriott at Gamelab Barcelona for a wide-ranging interview about his life and his career in game development.
EA Rejected the Ultima Online Pitch…Three Times
Richard Garriott discusses the difficulty Origin Systems had when pitching the concept of Ultima Online to EA.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 72 – Mute Your Furnace!
For lack of any decided-upon topic, we instead talk about random bits of gaming news…notably, the Nintendo Switch and Mass Effect: Andromeda.
Tyranny Director Brian Heins Also Worked on Ultima X: Odyssey
Brian Heins, the game director for Obsidian Entertainment’s newly-released Tyranny, previously worked on Ultima X: Odyssey.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 52 – Shroud of the Avatar: Persistence and the Land Rush (Starr Long Interview)
Spam Spam Spam Humbug chats with Starr Long about Shroud of the Avatar’s Release 32, its now-persistent world, and the land rush that players have been participating in over the last couple weeks.
