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Richard Garriott Claims Moon, Plans New Brittania

Posted by timothy on from the dark-side-or-light-side? dept.

kennon42 writes: "Lord British says he is reuniting his old Origin team. Will they rise again to dominate the industry? Lord British owns the moon!" Self-declared "Industry Elder" Richard Garriott may have been less visible for a little while, but if anything it sounds like he's gotten more ambitious as he plans his next venture. Funny, free-wheeling interview -- I only wish it had been a little longer, and addressed games for Open Source OSes, too. And yes, he's claiming the moon.

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  1. games for open source OSes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4

    I only wish it had been a little longer, and addressed games for Open Source OSes, too.

    What were you hoping to hear? "Yes, we enjoy losing money, so our next Ultima will be delayed while we waste time porting it to Linux"?

  2. I know why he wants to claim the moon!! by dustpuppy · · Score: 3
    It's so he can get a good position for a castle or tower - there's simply not enough room on Britannia these days.

    And then he'll have all the spawn to himself without having to worry about PKers - lucky bastard!

  3. Reunite the Looking Glass team by SurfsUp · · Score: 3
    I'd like to see the Looking Glass team reunited, the guys who built Ultima Underworld, one of the best first person role players ever. (Update the graphics and re-release please:-)

    I believe Seamus Blackley was one of the original members, but I could be wrong, maybe he joined later. Now of course he's under the mind control of billg, and will attempt to further the interests of the dark side by devoting all his talent to xboxing.

    Looking Glass had some kind of close relationship with Origin when they did Ultima Underworld. I suspect the Origin guys did much of the game design and QA, because I never did see anything quite like it in terms of play value, even later from Looking Glass/Blue Sky. I guess there must have been friction too, because after UW2 I don't think they ever worked together again.

    *Sigh*
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  4. Getting the old crew together by smoondog · · Score: 3

    It is funny how old classic game makers getting together sounds a little like old rock-n-roll bands doing reunion tours. I have I hopes for a breath of fresh air, but like most old reunions, you still just want to hear the old songs. 'cause the new stuff is flat and uninspired.

    -Moondog

  5. He can have the moon but... by baywulf · · Score: 3

    He must pay property taxes by the acre.

  6. Console games are stats based? by laserdance · · Score: 3
    From the Interview...

    How do you feel about the new console RPGs?

    There are two kinds of "Role Playing Games" in my mind. Stats-based advancement games, like Diablo and EverQuest, which are very popular, but less interesting to me, and games where you play a role first and the leveling up is less a focus, like Thief and Ultima. Leveling games are easier to build and often more popular. Yet, I feel that when the craft of role-playing is mastered some day, they will be the most desirable. Most console games are stats based games, thus less interesting to me.

    Most console games are stats based games? More stats based than Ultima? It's always appeared to me that PC RPGs have far more statistics and complicated math than console RPGs. Perhaps he has more complex in mind in his "stats-based" vs. "playing a role" categories. Yet I fail to see how you could call advancement in Final Fantasy stats-based, and how could you describe console RPGs without describing Square?

  7. He owns the LB name but does he own Britannia by __Maad__ · · Score: 3
    from the article:

    Is this the end of the Ultima universe and Lord British/Blackthorne?

    I own/am Lord British. A New Britannia shall rise!

    The question I'd like to have answered is, does Richard also own the rights to Britannia, or does Electronic Arts ? If a "new britannia" is indeed to rise, it may have to be one that lacks Britain, Yew, Buc's Den, Moonglow and all that good stuff that makes up the Britannia we know and love. (or perhaps that's what he means by "new")

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  8. Nuh uh! by antdocevil · · Score: 3

    The people at moonshop.com have already claimed the Moon. Silly goose.

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