Four Tanks and a Healer
A profesionally-produced web-based cartoon series about the trials and online adventures of MMORPG noobs.
Tagged: World of Warcraft
Richard Garriott: Blizzard Must Contend With the "Zyngas of the World"
Richard Garriott argues that Blizzard (and, by extension, Activision) have lost out by not attempting to compete in the social and mobile gaming spaces.
Rather Infrequent Open Thread
The no longer anywhere near nightly open discussion thread at Ultima Aiera.
Rather Infrequent Open Thread
The no longer anywhere near nightly open discussion thread at Ultima Aiera.
How Many People Are Still Playing Ultima Online?
UOJournal looks at the question of how many players are still active in Ultima Online, and comes away with some figures that I think, at least, are surprising.
Rather Infrequent Open Thread
The no longer anywhere even remotely approaching nightly open thread at Ultima Aiera.
Ultima Online's Originality
Life on Aggramar blogger Delin Quent waxes nostalgic about Ultima Online and praises for its originality and unique sandbox gameplay experience.
Richard Garriott on what modern MMOs lack
Ultima creator Richard Garriott gave a talk at the 2011 DICE Summit in which he lamented that modern MMORPGs have lost something that Ultima Online let people explore: “What Ultima Online did very well,...
Free-to-Play: the way of the future for MMOs?
Last month, Turbine announced that their MMORPG, Lord of the Rings Online, was switching from a paid subscription payment model to a microtransaction-based free-to-play model instead. The result? According to Kate Paiz, LotRO’s executive...
