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With GOG now turning their attention back to the actual good old games, we get this article on the store's website that serve...

While Dungeons & Dragons was originally inspired by a great deal of pulp literature, the pen and paper RPG then in turn i...

The latest entry on Jeff Vogel's personal blog acts as a delivery method for some observations regarding video game stories a...

Ultima, one of the earliest and most influential RPG franchises, pushed the genre to a new level when Ultima IV: Quest of the...

Earlier this year, USgamer ran a series of retrospective articles dedicated to a number of notable genre-defining role-playin...

Origin Systems, the influential video game developer behind the Ultima and Wing Commander series that employed such giants of...

Later this month, David Craddock will release his new book Break Out: How the Apple II Launched the PC Gaming Revolution, and...

GamesBeat had the opportunity to have a lengthy chat with Richard "Lord British" Garriott at this year's Gamelab event, and t...

GamesBeat offers an extensive interview with Richard Garriott, the creator of the Ultima series who's been working in the gam...

Richard Cobbett, a well-known pundit when it comes to RPGs, has put together a comprehensive guide to PC RPGs, starting from ...

The Digital Antiquarian has editorialized about the "Deadly Sins of CRPG Design", using a considerable number of examples fro...

Now we're getting to the good stuff. The 4th part of IGN's top RPG list includes entries 21-40, with a fair share of must-hav...

Famed ORIGIN Systems illustrator Denis Loubet has been quizzed by the team over at Big Box PC Game Collectors in a new 64-min...

The development of choice in RPGs is the subject of a long post over at Gamasutra, which charts a path from the ‘80s to...

There's a full one-hour video interview with Richard "Lord British" Garriott over on Unseen Dragon's YouTube channel, where t...

Longing for the days when physical items spilled out of the game box when the cellophane was removed and its cardboard shell ...

The latest "The RPG Scrollbars" weekly column from Richard Cobbett for Rock, Paper, Shotgun focuses on the way role-playing g...

GameInformer's Kimberley Wallace has compiled a list of 10 RPG franchises, both Western and Japanese, that she'd like to make...

Starting in 1962 and running the gamut all the way to present day, the editors at PC Gamer have cranked out a list of what th...

The second installment to Matt Barton's video interview with Turbine lead engineer Johnny Wood is now available, with this pa...

In the latest episode of Matt Chat, Turbine lead engineer Johnny Wood talks about his Classic Ultima Online project, which is...

Mass Effect, Fallout, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Pokemon, Baldur's Gate, Final Fantasy, Ultima, and The Elder Sc...

The latest RPG-focused column for Rock, Paper, Shotgun from Richard Cobbett investigates how magic is portrayed and mechanica...

In a blog article on Gamasutra, author Felipe Pepe profiles twenty-one role-playing games from the past 30+ years that were p...

While they label it as "The Origin of the MMORPG and More", this new article series on GamersNexus appears to be something of...

It's really tough for me to swallow the idea of the original Wizardry, Might and Magic, or even the recently-talked-about Dra...

Christmas Eve has kicked off properly this year, as GOG.com is hosting a fantastic two-day sale where you can snag the entire...

Inspired by the Shroud of the Avatar preview they also posted this holiday weekend, another of PC Gamer's editors has publish...

Many of the more interesting facets of video game history continue to be blogged about over at The Digital Antquarian, with t...

During this month's E3, GameInformer managed to put Richard "Lord British" Garriott, Supergiant's Greg Kasavin, and actress/v...

The 1987 post-apocalyptic RPG 2400 A.D. is the primary topic of conversation in this third and final Matt Chat video intervie...

Matt Barton continues his video interview with ORIGIN Studios co-founder Chuck "Chuckles" Bueche this week, with the topics o...

Long-time game designer, Richard Garriott compadriate, and ORIGIN Studios co-founder Chuck "Chuckles" Bueche is the subject o...

The Escapist managed to corner Richard Garriott for a very brief Q&A, in which the Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues...

Those of you who have been reeling over the subpar release of Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar will be happy to hear that...

Richard Garriott's Ultima series has obviously made a big impression on the editors at Zero1Gaming, as they've taken it upon ...

Another 25+ minutes' worth of discussion concerning the early days of video game development (Apple vs. IBM PC) and the vener...

Matt Barton has expanded upon the first installment of his video interview with Richard "Lord British" Garriott by taking the...

This portion of a new ORIGIN Systems history feature on The Digital Antiquarian only makes it up to 1983 before breaking away...

Talking to PC Gamer, Ultima creator Richard "Lord British" Garriott has expressed some pretty strong and unflattering opinion...

After a brief intro where they cover both the free-to-play Ultima Forever and Richard Garriott's "meaningful multiplayer" spi...

After assembling a pile of questions in their forums, Stratics hosted a "live" Q&A with Richard Garriott that covers a range ...

Fans of Spoony's curse-laden game reviewing will no doubt be pleased to hear that the Internet personality has completed his ...

Rampant Games' Jay Barnson, who you might know for his frank opinions on the role-playing genre and videogame industry in his...

Judging by this piece from GameSpot, it looks like the recently-announced Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar is going to be...

After an excellent interview with Chris Avellone the folks at Gather your Party have taken the chance to talk with Ultima ser...

Gamasutra's Radek Koncewicz has kicked up an interesting blog entry that praises the way Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar manag...

There are still some pretty solid rumors that a team at EA/BioWare/Mythic are hard at work on a new Ultima title, so if you'd...

For their latest WRPG-focused editorial, Joystiq has published a look on the handling of morality in various RPGs. There's pr...

It's time for another interview with our favorite veteran game designer, Richard Garriott, though this three-pager on Venture...

At least that's the thesis of Joystiq's Rowan Kaiser, who tried to list the ways the franchise spawned by Richard Garriott in...

Remember when Hardcore Gaming 101 put together the first half of a 15-page history on ORIGIN's classic Ultima series? Well, ...

Fantasy/sci-fi artist Lee Macleod has updated his personal website with some relatively high resolution versions of the cover...

Eurogamer's chat with Richard Garriott has already revealed us plenty of interesting info, like the recently denied claim of ...

The folks at Industry Gamers have published the second part of their interview with "gaming industry legend" Richard Garriott...

Industry Gamers had the chance to score an interview with the famed creator of the Ultima series Richard Garriott, which focu...

Just as they did with their historical Might and Magic piece, the editors over at Hardcore Gaming 101 have put together the f...

Business Insider has an interview with the father of the Ultima franchise, Richard Garriott, dealing with his career, from Ri...

Alright, I realize this is pretty far out into left field, but I couldn't resist. Ultima Aiera has caught wind that Ultima c...

According to a report from Ultima Aiera Jeff Skalski from BioWare Mythic has been nominated producer for the Ultima franchise...

The G4 University video series continues with Ultima creator Richard Garriott offering nearly four minutes of tough advice to...

After releasing the first trilogy for only $5.99 and Ultima IV for free, Good Old Games adds two more Ultima titles to its ro...

Aside from offering a very interesting retro interview with Richard Garriott we've already reported on, Ultima Aiera recently...

Well, this is interesting. The fine folks over at Ultima Aiera have slapped up scans of an interview that Family Computing M...

Talking to Industry Gamers, Richard "Lord British" Garriott revealed that he would like to collaborate with EA on a new Ultim...

Following yesterday's release of Ultima I, II, and III, the team at Good Old Games has now added Ultima IV: Quest of the Ava...

According to a report from PC Gamer, some of the latest additions Good Old Games' deal with Electronic Arts will bring to the...

Were you one of those lucky people who owned (or whose parents owned) a Commodore 64 or 128 in the mid-1980s? If so, then yo...

According to a brief, article-style interview with Portalarium's Richard Garriott on GamersGlobal, the veteran designer inten...

Gamasutra is offering up a summary of the keynote speech given by veteran game developer Richard Garriott earlier today at GD...

After giving us his opinions on what he considers to be the best and worst CRPGs, Matt Barton serves us another list and this...

Not satisfied with just one chat the folks at Gamasutra took the change to talk again with Richard Garriott, the themes being...

GDC Europe sent out a press release this morning announcing that Ultima creator Richard Garriott is set to deliver a keynote ...

Gamasutra recently chatted up Richard Garriott, quizzing the Ultima creator about what his team at Portalarium is working on,...

While the fact that EA accidentally revealed it earlier took away the surprise, the Ultima Forever website is now live. The w...

It appears that EA has put out a mysterious "Ultima Forever" website out in the open too early, as spotted by an Ultima Onlin...

While we still can't confirm the earlier rumor that BioWare Mythic is working on an Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar remake, Ul...

The Smitshonian American Art Museum is setting up an exhibit for video game art/history, wisely constructed over five eras so...

The staff over at Den of Geek has put together a quick history of role-playing games, in which they briefly cover the genre's...

Rumors of an Ultima IV remake at the hands of BioWare Mythic's Paul Barnett came to the fore when EA Louse mentioned it, as ...

The second portion of Bitmob's "Forgotten Ruins: The Roots of Computer Role-Playing Games" series is now available, and this ...

According to his latest Twitter entry, Ultima creator and Portalarium founder Richard Garriott has proclaimed that his compan...

To conclude a week of PC-specific coverage, Kotaku has (rightfully) chosen ORIGIN Systems as "the greatest PC developer of al...

Ultima IV has been the subject of some "is it still playable" editorials lately. Well, if you're looking for an easy way to ...

Brainy Gamer is a teacher and classic RPG fan who successfully had his students enjoy Fallout, he now tried the same with Ult...

The Spoony Experiment continues their quest to review all of the single player Ultima titles, with the latest video critique ...

Ultima creator Richard Garriott and Doom creator John Carmack were on hand at this weekend's QuakeCon to talk about space tra...

If you've ever had the itch to play ORIGIN's Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar but didn't want to have to deal with installing i...

Tales of the Rampant Coyote's Jay Barnson continues to summarize the design lessons that he took away from the CRPGs he grew ...

Gamasutra has slapped up a five-page interview with Richard Garriott about his new Portalarium venture, improving interactive...

Even though there's no real mention of Ultima or anything truly RPG-related, I thought some of you might be interested in a ...

After chatting with EA Mythic's Paul Barnett about their fond memories of the Ultima series, Rock, Paper, Shotgun's Kieron Gi...

In a new article on IGN, editor Hilary Goldstein discusses how Origin's Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar convinced her to dedic...

Eurogamer has conjured up an entertaining four-page article that spotlights the video games that have successfully introduced...

Total PC has published the first in what will most likely be several installments to a "complete history of Ultima", with qui...

The editors at Wired.com have profiled the ten PC games they feel represent the best of the best from the 1980's. NetHack, Wa...

In G4's latest MMO Report video, host Casey Schreiner covers an annual conference set up by members of a large MMO guild call...