Rowan Kaiser, writing at Joystiq, argues that Ultima was the most important game series — ever — and discusses many of the ways that it influenced both later RPG development and gaming in general.
Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk, in an interview with Joystiq about online gaming monetization models, dropped a small teaser about an upcoming free-to-play project that BioWare (or one of their sub-studios) have in the works.
In case you’ve been living under a rock and haven’t heard, Bethesda Softworks’ new game, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, launched last week. And from the various reviews I’ve seen, it is apparently a damn awesome game.
The no longer anywhere near nightly open discussion thread at Ultima Aiera.
That’s Joystiq’s term for it, not mine, although it isn’t exactly an inaccurate label: I’m still digging the very classical styling of the game’s visual elements, especially the old-school Mickey Mouse look. Interestingly, the...
