Raph Koster on Ultima Online’s Influence
Raph Koster answers the first of many questions he has received about Ultima Online, on the occasion of the game’s 20th anniversary.
Raph Koster answers the first of many questions he has received about Ultima Online, on the occasion of the game’s 20th anniversary.
What better way to mark the 20th anniversary of Ultima Online than by hearing stories from the original designer thereof?
Raph Koster, one of the original designers who worked on Ultima Online, is celebrating that game’s 20th anniversary by taking questions. Lots of questions.
What is a game, why do we play games, and why do we keep playing them?
A Wurm Unlimited player has spun up a custom server, within which she is re-creating Britannia based on how it appears in Ultima Online.
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.
Ultima Online designer Raph Koster has published a poetry book.