skinnychicken
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FYI, today (April16th) marks the 30th anniversary of the release of Ultima VII!
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I've always struggled with with game I loved more, V or VII? I replayed VII a few years ago and it's still great for sure (combat still wonky, but I'm ok with that). Man I wish I could recapture the feeling of playing that game the first time!
That's as good as any reason I've ever heard for why Garriott flipped his lid. You might be on to something there, as the bar was raised to near infinity.
Garriott and industry veteran Todd Porter (a designer on Ultima 6) are now working on a new game that's about to break cover, with the working title Effigy. Brace yourself: it uses the blockchain. Though as Lord British explained in our interview, it's not the same pitch we've seen with most blockchain-based games so far.
I used to live near his old house (Britannia Manor) for many years. Saw his car around town - a black Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4 with the Texas license plate "ULTIMA". Pretty neat back in those days.I live in Austin now. I lived in Austin from 93-97. He was nuts back then too, it just wasn't as out in the open.