Aaron Allston: Requiescat in Pacem (Updated)
Sci-fi author and former Origin Systems writer and designer Aaron Allston has passed away.
Tagged: Warren Spector
Warren Spector: New Job, Emergent Game Design, Fears and Legacies
Warren Spector has a new job at the University of Texas at Austin, and has been giving a number of interviews and talks recently. Among the subjects he has discussed are emergent game design, and his legacy as a developer (along with some of his fears about same).
The RPG Codex Interviews Warren Spector
The RPG Codex caught up with Warren Spector for an extensive, in-depth interview about his days at Origin Systems and his work on various games there…the Ultima series in particular.
GDMag’s Top 30 Developers of All Time Naturally Includes Origin Systems
Game Developer Magazine may have closed its doors, but in its final issue it gave a shout out to the top 30 game developers of all time (in its view). Naturally, both Origin Systems and Looking Glass Studios ended up on the list
Warren Spector: No Weapons, Why Metacritic is Irrelevant, and a New Teaching Gig
Warren Spector has been busy over the last week or so, and not just because he accepted a teaching position with the University of Texas’ game design programme.
Bethesda Thursdays
The weekly round-up of news related to Bethesda Game Studios and their excellent RPG series, The Elder Scrolls. And any other titles they might be working on.
Warren Spector: On Life After Disney and Gaming’s Role Models
Warren Spector gives his thoughts on leaving Disney behind, and bemoans the lack of role models in gaming.
Warren Spector: On Borrowing and Stealing Narrative, New Writing Gig
Warren Spector’s GDC talk focused on the “re-use” of narrative elements from non-gaming media. The former Origin Systems developer also has a new writing gig.
Richard Garriott and Warren Spector
Richard Garriott and Warren Spector reminisce about Origin Systems.
The Ultima Codex Interviews Bill Armintrout
Bill Armintrout got his start with Origin Systems as a writer for Serpent Isle, and soon ended up directing the project.
