Raph Koster is a man of intellectual enquiry and boundless curiosity. So when the designer of Ultima Online and creative lead of Star Wars Galaxies was hired to fix a top trivia game for drinking...
We live in a world of reality bubbles, media enclaves and echo chambers in which people share and receive the opinions they already hold.
For game-makers, this poses a problem. In all human...
With nearly $6 million raised and 50,000 people spending an average of $115 each on Richard Garriott's still-in-development role-playing game, Shroud of the Avatar looks like it will get its full...
Much is being written this week to celebrate the tenth anniversary of World of Warcraft, but few insights are as illuminating as this post by Raph Koster.
Koster knows as much about multiplayer...
Ultima Online and Dark Age of Camelot, two MMORPGs both with tenures longer than a dozen years, both have appeared on Steam Greenlight, about a month after Broadsword Online Games assumed control...
Citadel Studios, a game company founded by three former Ultima Online developers, is currently working on a multiplayer role-playing game called Shards Online, which focuses on giving players power...
The inaugural GDC Next, a conference that will be held in Los Angeles from Nov. 5-7, will include speakers like Ouya CEO Julie Uhrman, Ultima Online designer Raph Koster and former Magic: The...
"There's going to be a land rush. There will be a land grab. Without a doubt."
These are the words of Shroud of the Avatar backer Tina Swafford (aka Fireangel). She was talking about the decision...
Ultima Forever: Quest of the Avatar, a free-to-play spiritual successor to Ultima 4, is now out on iOS.
The game was first announced in February with little clue to its launch date beyond a...