UltimaForever.Com Launches (For Real, This Time!)
After leaking a couple days early, the UltimaForever.com website has gone livem offering a little bit of Ultima history and a free download of Ultima 4.
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A Similar Meditation Could Be Offered About The Virtues
The inimitable and incomparable John Zmirak offers a commentary on Catholic social teaching that could equally be applied to the Eight Virtues.
For The Record: I Don't Condone Piracy
Even though I’m not big on video game piracy, I can’t help but feel a certain sense of having “got it made” when Ultima Aiera is listed as a valuable resource for getting Ultima 9 running, even on sites like The Pirate Bay.
The Savage Empire Remake: Wasps, Bears, and Waterfalls (Oh My!) (Updated & Help Wanted!)
Scythifuge continues generating phenomenal pixel art for his Exult-based remake of Savage Empire, including stackable waterfalls, giant wasps, and a (very) large bear.
Ultima MineCraft Textures Updated
Andy Panthro’s texture Ultima-themed texture pack for MineCraft has been updated.
Serpent Isle For Oblivion: Moonshade In The Works
Thepal continues his work on his Oblivion-based remake of Serpent Isle. He has finished with Fawn for now, and has begun work on Moonshade, the first screenshot from which is of the automaton barmaid Petra.
Richard Garriott's 2011 LOGIN Keynote Speech: Three Eras of Gaming
Richard Garriott delivered the keynote speech at the LOGIN 2011 conference, in which he articulated his belief that the “third era” of video games — casual, social gaming — is well underway.
Spoony Reviews Serpent Isle
Noah “Spoony” Antwiler reviews Ultima 7 Part 2: Serpent Isle, and much hilarity ensues. It’s a fair enough review, though even this great game doesn’t escape criticism entirely.
Let's Get The UDIC On Twitter!
The Ultima Dragons are on Facebook; let’s get them on Twitter as well. It’s actually easier than it sounds, and could be done as easily as adopting the use of a common hashtag like “#udic”.
Sanctimonia Update: Primitive Object Rendering
Development on Sanctimonia, the work-in-progress Ultima-inspired online game by Kevin Fishburne, proceeds apace. The implementation of scenery objects (trees and suchlike) is still being worked on.
Ultima Underworld for Sega Genesis?
A recently-unearthed video from the 1992 Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago reveals that a Sega Genesis-based port of Ultima Underworld was in the works for the Sega CD. Alas, it never saw the light of day.
