Game Designers and Google Glass
Like many technophiles, I’m sure most of you are aware of Google’s portable computing device, Glass. I had, like many of you I’m sure, written off Glass as a novelty that has no place...
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$10,000 Challenge of the Avatar
In the latest Kickstarter Update, Portalarium announced a Unity challenge that can net fan developers some excellent prizes! This was first hinted at in Chris Spear’s first Unity Tutorial video, and appears to have...
Starting a Fan Project with UDK
The lauded Unreal engine has long been used to create high-end, visually spectacular games in a variety of genres. It has powered a long list of Games of the Year, including Epic’s own Unreal...
Starting a Fan Project with Unity
With upcoming projects like Shroud of the Avatar, Torment: Tides of Numenera, and Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption being developed using the full Unity platform, I thought this was a good opportunity to talk about...
Shroud of the Avatar Reaches Player Modification Stretch Goal
For those following the Shroud of the Avatar website, you may have noticed that the campaign passed the $2,250,000 mark over the weekend, likely due to players rushing to beat the 12:00 CST deadline...
Reconciling the Past: The First Age of Darkness
Ultima I Like the other Age of Darkness trilogy titles, Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness (or, as it was released, just Ultima) is in its simplest form a simple quest to beat...
Reconciling the Past: The World of Doom
Akalabeth The World of Doom! Alakabeth was released by Richard Garriott before Ultima was created, but has been included in Ultima continuity as a prequel to the series; the official “Ultima 0”. This is...
Reconciling the Past: The One, the Three, and the Infinite
The One, the Three, and the Infinite Numerology and Theology There are a few “standards” in Ultima; one such are numbers. Numbers are important, and its uses them in important ways. There are eight...
Reconciling the Past: Interpretation
Interpretation How can everything be true? Here is my stance on Canon, and I’m sure it will disappoint everyone at once (but hopefully interest you as well). Everything is true Yep, everything. Ultima is...
Reconciling the Past: Canon
Canon What is is. Why we care. And why we shouldn’t. Definition “Canon” is the material accepted as “official” in the fictional universe, at least by it’s fan base. The word canon is used...
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