Spam Spam Spam HumbugJul 19, 2017
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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Ultima VI Gates of Creation by OC ReMix
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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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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
- Starfield Is Officially the Biggest Bethesda Game Launch of All Time
- Baldur’s Gate 3 Review
- Intermittent Nonsense
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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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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‘Warriors of Destiny’ - an Ultima V Orchestral Remix by Scott Buckley
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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Byte-Sized Virtue - Impermanence
Humility, of all the Eight Virtues, is the most difficult to really understand.
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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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Byte-Sized Virtue - Akshually...
Humility, of all the Eight Virtues, is the most difficult to really understand.
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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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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
Byte-Sized Virtue - A Lack of Humility
Humility, of all the Eight Virtues, is the most difficult to really understand.
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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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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.
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Byte-Sized Virtue – The Steady Improvement of the Soul
Let’s explore the Virtue of Spirituality, the Virtue that encompasses all the others (in Ultima lore, at any rate).
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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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Redux: What Kind of Bad Behaviour Should Be Allowed in Games?
In a multiplayer game, it is inevitable that some players will abuse or take advantage of others. Which of these behaviours, if any, should developers allow to take place, and which should they work to prevent?
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Who Spammed Roger Rabbit?
The internet is a silly place.
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Dishing on Square Enix
Harmony Dragon holds forth on Square Enix!
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Should We Release This Episode as an #NFT? Brand New Venture!
Or we could just watch and laugh at how many bots reply to the episode title on Twitter.
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Through the Moongate 15 - Origin Systems Inc. Thrives
Spam Spam Spam Humbug will be, for the next several weeks, doing a complete read-through of Andrea Contato’s Through the Moongate. This episode covers some of the games released by — and some of the people brought on board at — Origin Systems between the release of Ultima 3 and Ultima 4.
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Through the Moongate - Changes
Spam Spam Spam Humbug will be, for the next several weeks, doing a complete read-through of Andrea Contato’s Through the Moongate. This episode covers the migration of Origin Systems from Texas to Massachusetts, and the inspirations for Ultima 4.
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Through the Moongate - 1983
Spam Spam Spam Humbug will be, for the next several weeks, doing a complete read-through of Andrea Contato’s Through the Moongate. This episode covers the video game crash of 1983, and examines some of the factors in the gaming market which contributed to it.
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Through the Moongate - Ultima 3: Exodus
Spam Spam Spam Humbug will be, for the next several weeks, doing a complete read-through of Andrea Contato’s Through the Moongate. This week covers the development, release, and reception of Ultima III: Exodus, the first game published by Origin Systems.
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We Got to Let Our Imaginations Go
A rebroadcast of the Ultima Codex's interview with Derek Brinkmann and Tim Cotten of Citadel Studios.
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Oh no, not Moonglow again!
A rebroadcast of the Ultima Codex's interview with former Origin Systems developer (and “Ultima 8 project director) Mike McShaffry.
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Through the Moongate - Escape from Mount Drash to Origin Systems Inc.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug will be, for the next several weeks, doing a complete read-through of Andrea Contato’s Through the Moongate. This week covers the growing tensions (and eventual break) between Richard Garriott and Sierra On-Line, the development of Escape from Mount Drash, the development of Ultima 3, and the founding of Origin Systems Inc.
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Through the Moongate - Ultima II: Revenge of the Enchantress
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Through the Moongate - Sierra On-Line
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Through the Moongate - Difficult Choices
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Through the Moongate - Ultima
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Yeah, It’s About Blizzard
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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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Ultima VI Gates of Creation by OC ReMix
Ultima 6 Theme (from Punchfest) by Lorto Dragon
Redux: Ultima 5 & The Fall of Astaroth
Two throwbacks for the price of one! This is a remix of two now-ancient (you can tell by the audio quality!) episodes of the podcast: Episode 5 (a discussion about — what else? — Ultima 5) and Episode 9 (a dramatic reading by Linguistic Dragon of a piece of fan fiction of his own creation, The Fall of Astaroth).
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A Night at the Museum
Joe Garrity returns to the podcast, bringing us treasures from the Origin Museum.
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Through the Moongate - The Difficult Chronology of the Dawn of CRPGs
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Byte-Sized Virtue - Sacrifice is Voluntary
Let’s take a look at some of the questions posed by the Gypsy in the character creation sequences of various Ultima games.
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Byte-Sized Virtue - Orders Validly Given
Let’s take a look at some of the questions posed by the Gypsy in the character creation sequences of various Ultima games.
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Byte-Sized Virtue - That’s Vengeance, My Friend
Let’s take a look at some of the questions posed by the Gypsy in the character creation sequences of various Ultima games.
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Byte-Sized Virtue - Both a Verb and a Noun
Let’s take a look at some of the questions posed by the Gypsy in the character creation sequences of various Ultima games.
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Escort Missions Suck (Mostly)
Also some stuff about MMOs, Outriders, and cheating in X-Wing.
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Everything is Broken
We’ve gotten rusty at this. Far, far too rusty.
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Through the Moongate - Creative Anachronism
Spam Spam Spam Humbug will be, for the next several weeks, doing a complete read-through of Andrea Contato’s Through the Moongate. This week covers Richard Garriott’s involvement with the Society for Creative Anachronism and some of the other influential members of the group in the Austin area; a few well-known Ultima personalities show up in this one! The development of Ultima 1 is also covered.
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Through the Moongate - Akalabeth: World of Doom
Spam Spam Spam Humbug will be, for the next several weeks, doing a complete read-through of Andrea Contato’s Through the Moongate. This week covers the release(s) of Akalabeth: World of Doom and its impact on the gaming market in its day, especially compared to its most direct competitor: Temple of Apshai.
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Not Looking for Group
Quest chains and narrative storylines are commonplace in MMORPGs now, but do the inclusion of these elements break the group play experience? Also, Shroud of the Avatar is slated, possibly, for launch this March.
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Through the Moongate - Whiz Kids
Spam Spam Spam Humbug will be, for the next several weeks, doing a complete read-through of Andrea Contato’s “Through the Moongate”. This week covers the third chapter of the book, which details Garriott’s porting of DND28 to Applesoft BASIC, his exposure to several other notable computer games of the late 1970s and inspiration he drew therefrom, and the eventual release of Akalabeth: World of Doom..
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Byte-Sized Virtue - Water is Always Needed
Winter, summer, hot, cold...everyone who is out in the elements will benefit from a drink of water.
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“Nox Archaist”, Five Years in the Making
A game of chess against the computer.
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Byte-Sized Virtue - Preparing for Virtue
In which we explore the idea of what a virtue is, and how we can better practice our virtues.
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Through the Moongate - D&D in the Shadow of the Space Center
Spam Spam Spam Humbug will be, for the next several weeks, doing a complete read-through of Andrea Contato’s “Through the Moongate”.
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Through the Moongate - Introduction
Spam Spam Spam Humbug will be, for the next several weeks, doing a complete read-through of Andrea Contato’s “Through the Moongate”.
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Mostly Apolitical
Fun discussion about things that mostly aren’t contentious. Because sometimes, escapism is just that...and, necessary.
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Genshin Origin Wars
It’s nice to see a game come along that actually deserves to be the smash success it suddenly becomes.
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Outward Aurora Dreams
“Outward” - is it everything “Shroud of the Avatar” should have been? And can we all agree that “Commander Keen” was great?
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Despicable Number Nine
Even when we try to stay on topic, we don’t stay on topic.
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