08-01-2003, 01:03 AM
EA (Electronic Arts) has, for some reason (no really, I have no idea why), invited me to an exclusive preview event of Ultima X: Odyssey at San Francisco on August 21-22. I'll be going there on their dime to get schmoozed and toy with their new MMORPG along with fellow fansite webmasters and gaming media types.
I'm a total sellout. EA is the most evil game company in the world. But I can't resist (another) free trip out west, this time with the added fun of meeting a bunch of other fansite webmasters and gaming geeks.
Anyhow, I know very little of the history of the Ultima series, which I know makes me only half a gamer in some people's eyes. I mean, I've been playing computer games since, well, PONG, and yet I've never played an Ultima game. I played the Bard's Tale on an old Apple in the 80's. But no Ultima. I think it's because I missed the first few of them and then figured, when Ultima 20,000 was being released, that there was little point getting into it when I've never played its prequels.
So in summary, Ultima has really passed me by. I know of tidbits, such as the famed Lord British Getting Whacked, and that Richard Garriot is no longer with EA (but apparently they own the rights to the Ultima name, so they can tell him to take a flying leap, eh)? Work on this new game has supposedly been *very* secretive - there is only one known screenshot released to date.
Are there any Lurkers out there who are Ultima fans? Anything you'd like me to look for in the game, or people/programmers I should meet/ask questions of?
-Bolty
I'm a total sellout. EA is the most evil game company in the world. But I can't resist (another) free trip out west, this time with the added fun of meeting a bunch of other fansite webmasters and gaming geeks.
Anyhow, I know very little of the history of the Ultima series, which I know makes me only half a gamer in some people's eyes. I mean, I've been playing computer games since, well, PONG, and yet I've never played an Ultima game. I played the Bard's Tale on an old Apple in the 80's. But no Ultima. I think it's because I missed the first few of them and then figured, when Ultima 20,000 was being released, that there was little point getting into it when I've never played its prequels.
So in summary, Ultima has really passed me by. I know of tidbits, such as the famed Lord British Getting Whacked, and that Richard Garriot is no longer with EA (but apparently they own the rights to the Ultima name, so they can tell him to take a flying leap, eh)? Work on this new game has supposedly been *very* secretive - there is only one known screenshot released to date.
Are there any Lurkers out there who are Ultima fans? Anything you'd like me to look for in the game, or people/programmers I should meet/ask questions of?
-Bolty
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