Spoony Reviews Ultima 8
Noah “Spoony” Antwiler returns to his Ultima retrospective with a scathing review of Ultima 8.
Tagged: Ultima
Back to Roots: Triggers, Other Updates
Fearyourself has continued his excellent pace of progress in implementing features from Ultima 5 in his Ultima-inspired game engine, Back to Roots.
What Games Would Count As Ultima "Clones"?
Sergorn Dragon posed an interesting question on Twitter last night, which I am now repeating here for further commentary by the Ultima fan community.
BioWare Mondays
The weekly round-up of news about BioWare, their various sub-studios, and the various RPG titles and series that they have produced or are working on.
UO Journal Resumes!
Deckard has resumed posting content at his site, UO Journal, with a pair of articles looking at the state of UO — its community and its future — in 2012.
A Gorgeous Ultima Avatar Statue
Xar Dragon has created a marvelously detailed statue of the Avatar, circa Ultima 7 or thereabouts.
Richard Garriott: "I'd take a one-way trip to Mars"
Richard Garriott discusses Mars, Earth exploration, traveling in space, and of course what his next plan for revolutionizing gaming and RPGs is, in a lengthy interview with Motherboard.
Even If You're Not Playing Ultima Right Now, You're Playing Ultima Right Now
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.
Ultima: The Ultimate Collector's Guide Goes On Sale!
Stephen Emond’s massive book, Ultima: The Ultimate Collector’s Guide, has been put on sale by Amazon.com. Get it at a 22% discount now!
Bethesda Thursdays
The weekly round-up of news related to Bethesda Softworks and their excellent RPG series, The Elder Scrolls.
Big Huge Wednesdays
The weekly round-up of news related to 38 Studios/Big Huge Games and their upcoming open-world RPG, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.
