Spam Spam Spam Humbug 159 – UO Development Woes
Thoughts on some of the questionable design decisions made over “Ultima Online’s” lengthy history.
Tagged: No Man’s Sky
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 53 – Game Development Challenges II
Let’s look at some (more) of the pitfalls that can affect game development.
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.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 51 – Game Development Challenges
Let’s look at some of the pitfalls that can affect game development.
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?
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 48 – Are RPGs the Stars of the Video Games Industry?
With more and more title incorporating “RPG elements”, can it be said that RPGs are the foremost category of video games?
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 47- Pokemon Go; Could an Ultima ARG Work?
Probably not; Ultima just isn’t as well-known an IP. But AR RPGs could possibly work, and even bring considerable innovation to the AR space.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 45 – In Which I Eat Crow (I’ll Soon Be Plump!)
In hindsight, it was obvious that at some point, WtFD would have to eat some of his words regarding the Kim Karsdashian iOS game.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 44 – Getting Out of the Box
At least in the realm of PC games, physical box copies seem to be going away…with the exception of collectors editions that have lots of feelies in them.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 12 – I Suppose We Should Talk About E3
E3 has come and gone. There were actually some pretty neat things presented thereat, albeit EA has once again refused to announce a new single-player Ultima.
