Lord British Defies Blizzard's Throne
by Mike D'Anna 
May 19th 2006 at 9:00AM
Longtime gamers will immidiately recognize the name of Richard Garriott, a.k.a. Lord British, creator of the original Ultima series & MMO pioneer. After several years out of the spotlight, Garriott has teamed up with NCSoft, makers of CIty of Heroes & Lineage, for a new MMO called Tabula Rasa. In this audio interview from TGDaily.com, the Lord talks about his vision for a next-generation MMO and why he doesn't fear competing with Blizzard's juggernaut.I've played Garriott's games for around 20 years now, in one form or another, and I'd love to see him at the forefront of online gaming again, but a lot of things have changed since Ultima Online, and it will be curious to see how Garriott's new venture fares. The interview can be found here.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
PodMonkeys May 19th 2006 12:25PM
Awesome! Lord British (R.G.) was one of my heroes growing up, back before the "online" days. I'm glad he's still around even after what EA did to Origin and UO. I still have all my Ultima 1-9 stuff, and will probably try out Tabula Rasa just because of his involvement with it. Of course, that doesn't mean I'll be guaranteed to like the game. (I hate DDO)
Thomas May 19th 2006 2:22PM
The trouble with Tabula Rasa is not what it will be now, but what it promised to be two years ago. It looks like your run-of-the-mill dystopian sci-fi shoot-'em-up game these days, but back in 2004, TR stood to totally revolutionize the MMO genre. Don't believe me? Check out this E3 2004 article from JIVE.
Thomas May 19th 2006 2:23PM
Curses.
Here's the URL: http://jivemagazine.com/games/2004/tabularasa.php