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Ultima's Robert Garriott was worried about there being too many PC games on the market… 37 years ago
By Wes Fenlon published
News "The consumer doesn't really know what to buy for their computer," Garriott said in 1989, while also pointing to the popularity of Nintendo's newfangled game console.

The best CRPG docuseries on YouTube just covered Ultima 8 with a 3-hour retrospective
By Justin Wagner published
news The wacky adventures of Lord British continue.

id Software co-founder John Romero was apparently one week removed from co-founding a completely different icon of PC gaming, but he'd already made plans
By Ted Litchfield published
news There's another timeline where Romero worked on System Shock instead of Doom.

System Shock was the FPS that changed PC games forever
By Jim Rossignol published
From the Archives In this classic feature, Jim Rossignol looks back at the real reason BioShock exists.

Pioneering MMO designer details the hard lessons learned about griefing, skinning pets, and 'time to penis'
By Rich Stanton published
news "You could kill someone's pet, skin it and give it to them. Why would you do that?"

'It felt fantastic'—The day MMO devs identified item-dupers and burned everything they owned to ash
By Rich Stanton last updated
news One programmer's quest to make Honesty a real virtue.

Ultima Online has a special shield if you've been playing for 25 years
By Rich Stanton last updated
news A quarter of a century.

Wing Commander: Privateer made us fly a practical joke with wings and we loved it
By Richard Cobbett last updated
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