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Oh, to wander some long-forgotten game worlds once more.

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Cear Dragon, Cocoa, WtF Dragon, and Goldenflame discuss a bunch of games that they used to play, which they can’t ever play again for various reasons.

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Cocoa

Music

Ultima VI Gates of Creation by OC ReMix

Ultima 6 Theme (from Punchfest) by Lorto Dragon

8bit Music for Game by Pixabay

Join Spam Spam Spam Humbug for a complete reading of Andrea Contato’s “Through the Moongate”!

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Andrea Contato’s Through the Moongate, per its Kickstarter page, “illuminates the path of the Ultima games' history and the creative people behind this landmark series. It also covers some of Origin’s other games, especially Wing Commander, and touches on several contemporary titles. Many of these tales have never before been told.” The book “aims to be a more complete account of Origin’s history than has ever been presented before.”

This episode covers Origin Systems' struggle to adapt to developing Ultima 6 for MS-DOS.

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• ‘Warriors of Destiny’ - an Ultima V Orchestral Remix by Scott Buckley

Let’s explore the Virtue of Spirituality, the Virtue that encompasses all the others (in Ultima lore, at any rate).

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An interview that I did with Bill Randolph (who worked as the lead programmer on Ultima 9 at Origin Systems for much of its development), which covers just about every imaginable aspect of Ultima 9 and its development (especially the technology behind it!), as well as the internal goings-on at Origin during the late 1990s; Bill graciously gave an answer to just about every question, and you'll hopefully enjoy his blend of humorous good cheer and wistful recollection throughout the discussion.

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Interview transcript at the Ultima Codex.

In which Withstand the Fury vents some recent frustrations he's been wrestling with regarding the physical rewards for Shroud of the Avatar.

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We wax nostalgic about Mythic and EA's short-lived attempt to reboot the Ultima franchise on mobile, before moving on to other topics.



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In which a geek-out session about the Ultima games becomes a springboard for discussion about a new book on the history and people of Origin Systems.

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After another extended absence — what a summer it has been! — the podcast crew return to discuss recent happenings with Shroud of the Avatar.

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Comic book artist, video game writer, and author Wes Locher recently published a new book: Braving Britannia: Tales of Life, Love, and Adventure in Ultima Online. It's a collection of stories about (what else?) the experience of different Ultima Online players and developers throughout the various eras of the game, and was something of a passion project for Wes.

We invited Wes onto the podcast to chat about Braving Britannia, its relatively short writing process, how he went about collecting stories, and more.

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Ultima IX: Redemption was, during the years it was in development, one of the most ambitious Ultima fan projects going; news from its developers (who came to be known as the Titans of Ether) was always greeted with excitement, and every new glimpse we got of their progress in remaking Ultima 9 suggested that we were in for an epic experience....whenever the mod was released, that is. But ultimately, Redemption did fold; it was cancelled, and its team instead opted to put their talents to use creating a new game.

So, in this episode, Chlorthos Dragon joins us again to discuss the storied, troubled development and cancellation of the project he helped found.

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