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Richard Garriott has a plan to beat Zynga
There is a fascinating article about Richard Garriott’s new company, Portalarium, and its plan to take on social gaming giant Zynga at GamesBeat. It’s a pretty informative article, actually, structured around a discussion with...
EA getting out of the acquisitions business (for now)
The man in charge of Electronic Arts continues to surprise with the direction he is setting for the company: Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello revealed a core attribute that the megapublisher is prioritizing in...
EA's new Facebook game: Dragon Age Legends
Well, here’s one title that will benefit from the new EA/Facebook agreement! And as Joystiq reports, playing Dragon Age: Legends will have net you some extra content in Dragon Age 2 (though what, exactly,...
Now with social bookmarking (again)!
I’ve taken the liberty of installing the Sharedaddy plugin, which is the WordPress.org version of the standard social bookmarking plugin used on all WordPress.com blogs. So now, at the end of every post and...
So about that browser-based Ultima game…
Submitted for Dragonly consideration: Zynga, the makers of (ugh) Farmville, are now apparently worth about $290 million more than Electronic Arts. Which is to say that this: Is, bafflingly, worth more than all this:...
Richard Garriott is engaged
I just noticed, via Facebook, that Lord British has announced his engagement to his girlfriend of…well, I don’t actually know how long they’ve been going out. But that’s not really important. Ultima creator Richard...
Ultima has a friend in Felicia Day
Okay, here’s the thing: I never really went for Buffy the Vampire Slayer for more than a season or two. It had this neat, kind of quirky vibe to begin with, but (much like...
