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Spam Spam Spam HumbugAug 11, 2016

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Games We Can't Go Back To

Games We Can't Go Back To

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

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Ultima VI Gates of Creation by OC ReMix

Ultima 6 Theme (from Punchfest) by Lorto Dragon

8bit Music for Game by Pixabay

Oct 05, 202352:13
Through the Moongate - False Step

Through the Moongate - False Step

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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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Sep 22, 202312:20
UO Development Woes

UO Development Woes

Thoughts on some of the questionable design decisions made over “Ultima Online’s” lengthy history.

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Other News Stories

Discussion

Cear Dragon and his friend Cocoa discuss changes made to the game that negatively affected Ultima Online, and what sort of solutions to the problems being addressed – with benefit of hindsight – might have worked better.

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Sep 09, 202301:16:29
Through the Moongate - Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny

Through the Moongate - Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny

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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 the development and release of Ultima 5 across various platforms.

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Music & Sound Effects

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

May 18, 202321:55
The Elevator Pitch

The Elevator Pitch

How would YOU reboot the Ultima series?

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If you could have the ear of somebody who could make a new Ultima game, even for a minute...what would your proposal for that game be?

That was the topic suggested just prior to this episode’s recording session, and by and large it’s the topic we stuck with all through the conversation.

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Music and Sound Effects

Ultima V - Stones 2001 Remix by DJ Lizard

Ultima VI Gates of Creation by OC ReMix

Ultima 6 Theme (from Punchfest) by Lorto Dragon

May 05, 202353:47
Byte-Sized Virtue - Impermanence

Byte-Sized Virtue - Impermanence

Humility, of all the Eight Virtues, is the most difficult to really understand.

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Podcast Topic

The virtue of Humility, in Ultima lore and in real life, is one of the more difficult virtues to describe. In fact, it is often easier to analyze by looking at what it is not, rather than at what it is.

Saint Josemaria Escriva, in life a Catholic priest, was a philosopher who mused quite a lot on the concept of Humility, and in one of his “Furrows” (writings), he put forth a list of signs of a lack of humility. The seventeen points on this list will form the basis of this Byte-Sized Virtue season; if all goes well, we’ll handle one a week, but if need be we’ll consider multiple signs in a single episode.

This week offers a look at the sixth and seventh signs (we’ll come back to the fifth later): “Not being aware that all the gifts and qualities you have are on loan,” and “not acknowledging that you are unworthy of all honour or esteem, even the ground you are treading on or the things you own.”

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New Magincia and New Magincia End, from the Ultima 9 Soundtrack by George Oldziey

Apr 06, 202311:56
Byte-Sized Virtue - Akshually...

Byte-Sized Virtue - Akshually...

Humility, of all the Eight Virtues, is the most difficult to really understand.

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Podcast Topic

The virtue of Humility, in Ultima lore and in real life, is one of the more difficult virtues to describe. In fact, it is often easier to analyze by looking at what it is not, rather than at what it is.

Saint Josemaria Escriva, in life a Catholic priest, was a philosopher who mused quite a lot on the concept of Humility, and in one of his “Furrows” (writings), he put forth a list of signs of a lack of humility. The seventeen points on this list will form the basis of this Byte-Sized Virtue season; if all goes well, we’ll handle one a week, but if need be we’ll consider multiple signs in a single episode.

This week offers a brief - very brief - look at the fourth sign: “Giving your opinion without being asked for it, when charity does not demand you to do so.”

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New Magincia and New Magincia End, from the Ultima 9 Soundtrack by George Oldziey

Mar 25, 202306:13
Byte-Sized Virtue - Humility Is Not Stubborn

Byte-Sized Virtue - Humility Is Not Stubborn

Humility, of all the Eight Virtues, is the most difficult to really understand.

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Podcast Topic

The virtue of Humility, in Ultima lore and in real life, is one of the more difficult virtues to describe. In fact, it is often easier to analyze by looking at what it is not, rather than at what it is.

Saint Josemaria Escriva, in life a Catholic priest, was a philosopher who mused quite a lot on the concept of Humility, and in one of his “Furrows” (writings), he put forth a list of signs of a lack of humility. The seventeen points on this list will form the basis of this Byte-Sized Virtue season; if all goes well, we’ll handle one a week, but if need be we’ll consider multiple signs in a single episode.

For this week, only two more of the signs are under discussion: “Always wanting to get your own way,” and “[a]rguing when you are not right or — when you are — insisting stubbornly or with bad manners.”

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New Magincia and New Magincia End, from the *Ultima 9 *Soundtrack by George Oldziey

Mar 25, 202315:08
Byte-Sized Virtue - A Lack of Humility

Byte-Sized Virtue - A Lack of Humility

Humility, of all the Eight Virtues, is the most difficult to really understand.

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Podcast Topic

The virtue of Humility, in Ultima lore and in real life, is one of the more difficult virtues to describe. In fact, it is often easier to analyze by looking at what it is not, rather than at what it is.

Saint Josemaria Escriva, in life a Catholic priest, was a philosopher who mused quite a lot on the concept of Humility, and in one of his “Furrows” (writings), he put forth a list of signs of a lack of humility. The seventeen points on this list will form the basis of this Byte-Sized Virtue season; if all goes well, we’ll handle one a week, but if need be we’ll consider multiple signs in a single episode.

For this week, only the first sign is under discussion: “Thinking that what you do or say is better than what others do or say.”

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New Magincia and New Magincia End, from the *Ultima 9 *Soundtrack by George Oldziey

Feb 24, 202316:40
Through the Moongate – Return Home

Through the Moongate – Return Home

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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.”

This episode covers the development of Ultima 5, and the fracturing of Origin Systems into its New England and Texas offices.

Community & Patronage

As always, this episode of Spam Spam Spam Humbug is brought to you by our Patreon backers; thank you to everyone who supports Spam Spam Spam Humbug and the Ultima Codex by that means. And, as always, a hearty thank you to our co-producers: Seth, Goldenflame, Dominik, Violation, Helgraf, Gronkh, Pascal, Thorwan, John, and Winfield.

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Music & Sound Effects

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

Jan 13, 202326:12
Byte-Sized Virtue – The Steady Improvement of the Soul
Dec 09, 202213:49
Through the Moongate - Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar

Through the Moongate - Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar

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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 the development and release of Ultima 4, and the competition it received in the form of The Bard’s Tale.

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As always, this episode of Spam Spam Spam Humbug is brought to you by our Patreon backers; thank you to everyone who supports Spam Spam Spam Humbug and the Ultima Codex by that means. And, as always, a hearty thank you to our co-producers: Seth, Goldenflame, Dominik, Violation, Helgraf, Gronkh, Pascal, Thorwan, John, and Winfield.

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Music & Sound Effects

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

Dec 01, 202219:18
Redux: What Kind of Bad Behaviour Should Be Allowed in Games?
Aug 26, 202201:38:14
Who Spammed Roger Rabbit?
Jul 17, 202201:04:09
Dishing on Square Enix
Jun 02, 202210:47
Should We Release This Episode as an #NFT? Brand New Venture!
May 19, 202201:36:27
Through the Moongate 15 - Origin Systems Inc. Thrives
May 01, 202219:11
Through the Moongate - Changes
Mar 25, 202215:39
Through the Moongate - 1983
Mar 11, 202211:48
Through the Moongate - Ultima 3: Exodus
Feb 25, 202219:27
We Got to Let Our Imaginations Go
Feb 11, 202241:01
Oh no, not Moonglow again!
Jan 28, 202201:24:36
Through the Moongate - Escape from Mount Drash to Origin Systems Inc.
Jan 14, 202221:16
Through the Moongate - Ultima II: Revenge of the Enchantress
Dec 18, 202113:49
Through the Moongate - Sierra On-Line
Dec 04, 202116:04
Through the Moongate - Difficult Choices
Nov 19, 202116:46
Through the Moongate - Ultima
Nov 05, 202116:21
Yeah, It’s About Blizzard

Yeah, It’s About Blizzard

Well, it’s sort of about Blizzard. And Origin. And some games. And there are some technical difficulties.

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Podcast Topic(s) Oh my gosh, yes! We’re still alive!

Though not really the planned topic — well, not WtF Dragon’s planned topic — much of the discussion in this episode surrounds the recent controversies and allegations that have been leveled at Activision-Blizzard and many current/former employees thereof.

We also discuss Genshin Impact and a few other games. It was kind of a weird episode, not terribly focused...and the recording bot was having issues.

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Melavir Sauin - Ultima IV Rebirth | The Sosarian Paradox

Music

Ultima V - Stones 2001 Remix by DJ Lizard

Ultima VI Gates of Creation by OC ReMix

Ultima 6 Theme (from Punchfest) by Lorto Dragon

Sep 10, 202101:07:29
Redux: Ultima 5 & The Fall of Astaroth
Jul 18, 202101:09:57
A Night at the Museum
Jul 02, 202101:38:13
Through the Moongate - The Difficult Chronology of the Dawn of CRPGs
Jun 17, 202112:03
Byte-Sized Virtue - Sacrifice is Voluntary
May 21, 202111:12
Byte-Sized Virtue - Orders Validly Given
May 15, 202114:19
Byte-Sized Virtue - That’s Vengeance, My Friend
May 07, 202119:07
Byte-Sized Virtue - Both a Verb and a Noun
Apr 27, 202118:41
Escort Missions Suck (Mostly)
Apr 16, 202101:17:06
Everything is Broken
Mar 19, 202101:14:18
Through the Moongate - Creative Anachronism
Mar 05, 202131:49
Through the Moongate - Akalabeth: World of Doom
Feb 19, 202122:01
Not Looking for Group
Feb 05, 202101:06:56
Through the Moongate - Whiz Kids
Jan 22, 202123:20
Byte-Sized Virtue - Water is Always Needed
Dec 24, 202010:01
“Nox Archaist”, Five Years in the Making
Dec 16, 202001:04:11
Byte-Sized Virtue - Preparing for Virtue
Dec 11, 202011:30
Through the Moongate - D&D in the Shadow of the Space Center
Dec 04, 202029:04
Through the Moongate - Introduction
Nov 20, 202007:42
Mostly Apolitical
Nov 06, 202001:31:24
Genshin Origin Wars
Oct 09, 202001:10:49
Outward Aurora Dreams
Sep 25, 202001:31:09
Despicable Number Nine
Sep 04, 202055:14