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Suck it aristocrats!

#Ultima #mtg #MagicTheGathering #MTGxFINALFANTASY

Woohoo! A new NBN #Gamestudies podcast episode is live! I talked to Carly A. Kocurek and Matthew Payne about their book "Ultima and Worldbuilding in the Computer Role-Playing Game" Please listen, like & share! #ultima //cc @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

New Majuular video on #Ultima Underworld II https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCmnYlsfi28 , but I can't watch it yet because I'm in the middle of one of his older videos (and also in the middle of another giant video).

Games celebrating their anniversaries on June 17✨ 　 17日発売記念日のゲームの思い出。　・ウルティマ外伝黒騎士の陰謀一番やったのはファミコン版の恐怖のエクソダス。こちらはとっても別作品のような風合いの作品。30周年！違う内容のゲームボーイ版もありますよ。あと、俺の屍を越えてゆけも25周年ですね！　祝🎊🙏✨ 　 #ウルティマ #俺の屍を越えてゆけ #Ultima

I was flipping through an old computer magazine and came across this. A picture of Richard Garriot (Lord British) with the Ultima IV box and map.

#ultima #UltimaIV #LordBritish #retrocomputing #retrogaming #rpg

Old picture of Richard Garriott aka Lord British from the 80s with thu Ultima IV box and map.

ULTIMA GENERAZIONE, NAPOLI: INTERVIENE L’ESERCITO ALLA PRIMA AZIONE

Riceviamo e pubblichiamo per lo spazio “#ComunicaAzioni” un comunicato stampa da “#HumanityInFocus”: raccontano di una "doppia azione" congiunta con “#UltimaGenerazione”, svolta lo scorso Sabato a #Napoli. Le principali istanze sono due: far pagare il costo della transizione ecologica a multinazionali e gruppi che hanno causato il disastro ambientale e boicottare, come si fece con il Sudafrica, quelle aziende che fanno affari con uno stato che, ai sensi del diritto internazionale, pratica l’#apartheid.

Leggi il comunicato completo su #Fanrivista, La #FanzinaGeneralista

https://www.fanrivista.it/2025/06/Ultima-Generazione-Napoli-interviene-esercito-Humanity-In-Focus.html

Gli attivisti di fronte al Mc Donald della stazione centrale di Napoli.

9 attivisti con due bandiere della Palestina e una del gruppo "Humanity in Focus". A terra uno striscione, fermato a terra da un megafono e una borsa. Sopra la scritta: "Boicotta il genocidio. Palestina Libera dal fiume al Mare"

Volantino, fronte.

Sullo sfondo una bandiera palestinese. Il titolo riporta "Boicotta il genocidio". Poi la scritta: "Boicottando i marchi sul retro ti opponi fermamente al genocidio a Gaza, all'occupazione israeliana della Cisgiordania, alla costruzione di insediamenti illegali, allo stato di apartheid e al trattamento riservato al popolo palestinese.

Volantino, retro.

Diversi marchi, tra cui: Coca Cola, Ajax, Scottex, Panna, Knor, Algida, Actimel, Snickers, Nutella, Danone, Nestlé, Tempo, Mars, Evlan, L'Oreal, Pringles, Dove, Pepsi, Philadelphia, Sprite, Fanta, Pfizer, M&Ms, Pampers, Schweeps, Kraft, Sunsilk, Ace, Mastro Lindo, Jocca e Infasil

Zum Nachhören: Eine Stunde Gamesoundtracks! Diesmal mit wieder mit @ratking und eher weniger Musik, stattdessen: Game Intros.

https://www.mixcloud.com/radiocorax/hey-listen-1-stunde-gamesoundtracks-31-game-intros-8525/

#gamesoundtracks #games #intros #podcast #radio #radiocorax #gamemusik #Ultima #Zelda

Hey Listen - Eine Stunde Game Soundtracks #31 Game Intros. Auf dem Bild sieht man einen Ritter in einer riesigen roten Hand, die durch ein Pentagramm greift.

Ultima Offline eXperiment 3 - the original open source Ultima Online server emulator - v0.99.6

https://github.com/UOX3DevTeam/UOX3

#Ultima #UltimaOnline

Los excursionistas ignoraron las advertencias antaño de la última erupción del Monte Etna, dicen los funcionarios sicilianos #advertencias #antes #del #dicen #Erupción #Erupción_de_etna #erupción_del_volcán #Etna #excursionistas #Funcionarios #ignoraron #Las #los #monte #sicilianos #turismo #ÚLTIMA #Viajes #v...
https://butterword.com/los-excursionistas-ignoraron-las-advertencias-antano-de-la-ultima-erupcion-del-monte-etna-dicen-los-funcionarios-sicilianos/?feed_id=25064&_unique_id=6840794098bf6

Ultima Underworld was the first game that made me feel genuine terror. 😱 Whether it was a Headless chasing me through claustrophobic corridors 🏃‍♂️ or a Lurker dragging me beneath the water as I desperately tried to escape... 💀🌊 #Ultima #RetroHorror #DungeonCrawler #DarkFantasy #AquaticHorror

In 1992 Thalassophobia Entered...

more buried treasure: origin's UO booth at the E3 in may 1996

iirc, the E3 public demo was held concurrently with the pre-alpha test. the pre-alpha was the most excitement i had ever had in my life - playing a graphical massively multiplayer game in 1996 was a life changing event.

https://web.archive.org/web/19970606074650/http://www.origin.ea.com:80/english/about/point-of-origin/may96/uo.jpg

#gamePreservation #ultima #ultimaOnline

The Ultima Online booth at E3 1996. It shows a faux-medieval side of a house as the booth, and a computer with nerds huddled around someone playing the pre-alpha.

one of my little hobbies is digging for buried treasure on WBM before bed.

today's find: the ultima online beta test application form has been rediscovered 28 years later

i remember filling this cgi-bin form out when i was a teenager. i had a 486 SX-33 with 4 megs of ram and 14.4k dialup modem at the time, and this put me well below the minimum requirements. i lied on the beta application because i was convinced i'd never get in without higher system specs. 😅

https://web.archive.org/web/19970330183403/http://www.origin.ea.com:80/english/ultima/uo/uo-apply.html

#ultima #ultimaOnline #gamePreservation

Ultima Online Beta Tester Application Form

Ultima Online is a multi-player role-playing game designed for real-time adventuring over the Internet. Eventually, thousands of people will be able to access this fantastic world around the clock and interact simultaneously with each other and the entire world. Set in the Ultima universe, Ultima Online enables players to adventure in a truly ongoing world. A world where battles are fought with might and mind, alliances are formed and shattered, and both enemies and friends are just as interested in wealth and power as you are. Slay a dragon, form a government, join a guild, craft and sell wares, and meet your friends at the tavern, all while playing Ultima Online.

For more information on Ultima Online, visit the Ultima Online home page.

Please read The Ultima Online FAQ and The Ultima Online News Update before sending in any email.

It's that time again...
We're accepting applications for beta testers for Ultima Online.
No word on when the test will commence, but it will be some time this winter.

To cover the cost of producing, packaging, and mailing the CDs we will require a small fee from each Beta Tester. A check or money order made out to Origin for $2 (two dollars) should be sent to the address at left for orders to the United States, Canada, and Mexico ($10 US international money order for outside U.S., Canada, and Mexico). You may include a note with your submission with your name and address:

back in 1997 i was graduating high school and completely unsure about what to do with my life. as much as i hated my local school culture, it had given me a solid structure to live in for over a decade.

that spring/summer/fall coincided with the public beta tests and launch of Ultima Online. it became my second home while i was figuring out how to leave my family home and dip my toes into adulthood and living alone. by september of 97 i was going to university full-time and struggling through that transition. UO began to overwhelm my life, and i was spending 12-16 hours a day mining for ore, sewing fancy shirts and skullcaps, and fishing off the docks in south Britain.

the soundtrack became an everpresent part of my life, and i ended upgraded my soundcard to a SoundBlaster AWE64 Gold, just so i could hear the soundtrack that was specifically re-orchestrated for the card (with a 4 meg patch library!).

this morning I stumbled upon Loot Goblin's re-interpretation of the UO soundtrack. it has been crafted in the most unusual way - into downtempo, forlorn, and intimate melodies. this has instantly become my background music for coding. if you played the game, you'll immediately recognize the tracks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4Tb4RlcUtE

sadly, no bandcamp:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/ultima-online-but-its-lofi/1738795678

#ultima #ultimaOnline #mmorpg #retroGaming #music

Having read a good dozen entries at the #ccrpg addict blog (such a great resource and such a fun read!), I was left with one broad and one more specific question re: (c)rpgs. A, how much does a game's reputation, especially in hindsight, rest on how well it actually functions *as a game* vs other factors? This was triggered by the rating of #ultima 7 on the site, which, quite correctly, states that is not even that great as an rpg, but amazing in other respects. Lots of other ...