Holiday Gift Guide: Gaming

Make sure the gamer on your list has something to open

"...and revolutionized the genre time and again with the Ultima series. Now he's broken the open-world concept wide apart..."

Dec. 8, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Classic Game Fest Returns

In our day, controllers had one button, and we liked it

"...He joins his longtime co-worker Starr Long to discuss Ultima Online, one of the first massively multiplayer online role-playing..."

July 24, 2015 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...The term "ultima Thule" in medieval writings denotes any distant place located..."

May 29, 2015 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Garriott Challenges Public to Update His Game

Got the coding chops for something 37 years old?

"...late. Not only is he revisiting his trademark series, Ultima, with the upcoming release of Shroud of the Avatar,..."

April 17, 2014 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Own a Piece of Richard Garriott's World

Space and gaming pioneer is auctioning off 500-plus items

"...made a name for himself as the developer of Ultima, has led a storied life – from his work..."

Sept. 12, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

UT's Gaming Academy: Facts & Inferences

What is this post-baccalaureate program all about?

"...is local gaming luminary Warren Spector, whose résumé includes Ultima, Deus Ex, and more recently Epic Mickey. Here are..."

May 16, 2013 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Beyond the Final Frontier

Entering the new age of spaceflight with some unconventional leaders

"...to Richard Garriott, space entrepreneur and creator of the Ultima game series, we've begun a "new age of human..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Joey Keeton

Crows, Frankensteins and Danger at Staple! 2013

Local indie media con mixes webTV innovators with comic legends

"...and games-as-education innovator Jason Morningstar of Bully Pulpit Games; Ultima VI art director Jeff Dee, whose roots in gaming..."

Feb. 7, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: The Legendary White Swan

The Legendary White Swan doesn't bite

"...to reopen in another location by year's end. La Ultima Noche, a last hurrah with lots of bands, is..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Gaming Stuff Overheard Online

I've always wanted to have a gossip column, so …

"...in talks with EA about making a sequel to Ultima Online. Honestly, Garriott's skills are wasted with his new..."

Dec. 15, 2011 Screens Post by James Renovitch

2011: Bring It On

Celebrities dish up their New Year's resolutions

"...world's first second-generation space traveler, computer game creator (Portalarium, Ultima) (Austin, TX)..."

Dec. 28, 2010 Chronolog Post by R.U. Steinberg

Scarin' And Carin'

Cancer charity Halloween attraction rises again!

"...infamous Britannia Manor, the epic home haunt created by Ultima Online creator-turned-cosmonaut Richard Garriott. "They were this incredibly talented..."

Oct. 20, 2010 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film

Daily reviews and interviews

"...was the final frontier for video-game tycoon Garriott: the ultimate item on the Ultima creator's bucket list of adventures..."

March 19, 2010 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

A First-Class Seat to Stargazing

Austin's Beef & Pie Productions shines a light on Richard Garriott's space travel in Man on a Mission

"...death, and the few among our species who finally, ultimately, catch up to and surpass whatever dream it is..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Wish List

Here's your chance to give back to the areas of our community that need it the most

"...by 12 inches, used to transport feral catsThree door, Ultima brand cages — 3 feet by 2 feet by..."

Dec. 19, 2008 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Cooperative Play

Richard Garriott and his team at NCsoft unveil their new online game

"...his team at Origin helped pioneer the genre with Ultima Online in 1997. While there have been imitators, Garriott..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Screens Feature by Joey Seiler

Austin Shakespeare Festival: Playing in a theatrical mecca

A dream comes true for the Austin Shakespeare Festival when it gets to perform the Bard's As You Like It in Richard Garriott's replica of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

"...of Origin and Destination Games and author of the Ultima gaming series, has constructed a replica of Shakespeare's theatrical..."

April 6, 2007 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

The Controllers (For Now)

Any and all of these companies – some big, some small, some downright tiny – are worth a look, and many are producing games you've probably heard of

"...Origin/Ultima Online (www.uo.com)..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Esther's Follies

Using inventive props, puppets, costumes, and live music, the gang at Esther's Follies stuffs fast-paced skits, political satire, and illusions into a tightly compacted show

"...loudly interactive level. That beats staying at home playing Ultima Online in your underwear any day. Bring family (perhaps..."

April 16, 2004 Arts Review by Heather Barfield Cole

SXSW Interactive 04

Exclusive Web-only 'Austin Chronicle' coverage of the wonks, the weekend, and the wilder side of cyberspace

"...for what many generations later would become the bestselling Ultima series. For Warren Spector, another gaming legend and the..."

March 19, 2004 Screens Feature by Rachel Proctor May

The Fat Man on Game Audio

Sheet Music

"...Commander I & II, The 7th Guest, and the Ultima series, on platforms from Intellivision to PC to PlayStation2...."

Oct. 31, 2003 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Graphic Representation

Can Female Gaming Pros Reconcile State of the Art Technology with a

"...the testosterone-filled water cooler is different. Former producer of Ultima Online, Carly Staehlin will speak about MMOG (Massive Multiplayer..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Courtney Fitzgerald

... And Read All Over

Everybody's doing it -- devouring Holes, that is, this year's selection for citywide reading.

"...anyone's. Last year's selection, Rudolfo Anaya's mesmerizing Bless Me, Ultima, was in the same vein: Classified as a young-adult..."

April 18, 2003 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Information Wants to Be Worthless

Money was never the most interesting thing about the Internet. Which is a good thing, since now it's gone.

"...online crowd that can match those clamoring masses of Ultima or Everquest. When will the mainstream catch on to..."

March 1, 2002 Screens Feature by Bruce Sterling

Destination: Online Profit

"...the game, those Garriott brothers: Richard, who created the Ultima series of online games, and Robert, with whom he..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Screens Feature by Courtney Barry

Boo-ya!

New computer and video game reviews for the summertime gaming shut-in season

June 8, 2001 Screens Feature

Boo-ya!

Let the Summer Games Begin …

"...top-down view adventure game in the spirit of the Ultima series, Baldur's Gate II lives up to the hype...."

June 8, 2001 Screens Feature by Lindsey Simon

Naked City

Port Austin, the turbo-hyped broadband expo planned for Nov. 9-11, has been canceled.

"...the Austin Software Council's Texas Software Symposium, Origin System's Ultima Online World Faire, and the University of Texas' Entertainment..."

Oct. 27, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

In Between Days

Austin's Gaming Community on Where It's at and Where It's Headed

"...Origin and Verant really got the ball rolling with Ultima Online and EverQuest. Over the next few months, we'll..."

April 28, 2000 Screens Feature by Brendan Sinclair

Rick Treviño, Ruben Ramos, Joe Ely, AztexStubb's, January 18-19

"...Prays for Rain," Ely's "Maybe Maybe," and sexy "La Ultima Noche") all giving the Super Seven material a good..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

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