Through the Moongate 16 – Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar
Join Spam Spam Spam Humbug for a complete reading of Andrea Contato’s “Through the Moongate”!
Tagged: inXile Entertainment
Spam Spam Spam Humbug 115 – inXile, Obsdian, and Other Things
Microsoft buys a couple developers and Stan Lee passes away. Coincidence? Actually, yes.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 60 – Game Review Systems
Why do we still use arbitrary, numeric systems to review and rate games?
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 58 – DEFCON3 & NPC Dialogue
What even makes dialogue interesting in RPGs? What works, and what doesn’t?
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 57 – NPC Dialogue and Voiceovers
In which we discuss voiceovers in games, how difficult they are, why it would be a bad idea to crowdsource voiceover work…and then eventually we get into crowdsourced NPC dialogue in general. Sort of.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 49 – Crafting Menus vs. Interactive World Features
The later Ultimas featured robust interactive world systems, which even allowed for objects to be combined to make other objects (e.g. bread). How does this relate to modern crafting systems in RPGs?
inXile Entertainment Has Trademarked Autoduel (Originally an Origin Systems Title)
inXile Entertainment has acquired the trademark for Autoduel, an Origin Systems RPG from 1985.
Just Over One Day Left to Back The Bard’s Tale IV on Kickstarter
The Kickstarter campaign for The Bard’s Tale IV ends in under 30 hours!
Return to Skara Brae in The Bard’s Tale IV
inXile Entertainment’s The Bard’s Tale IV will indeed return us to Skara Brae, a key setting in that series’ universe.
Chris Avellone Leaves Obsidian
Chris Avellone has parted ways with Obsidian Entertainment, the studio he helped found and co-owned.
