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Scott Jennings

THE LAST WORD ON U9 [Author: wirehead]

When I went to Best Buy Wednesday, I was, strange to say, actually pleased to see the huge stacks of Ultima 9s going on the shelf. Hey, the more folks that buy this, the more that might move into playing these games full time. I’ve half a mind to

RELEASING A GAME WITHOUT PROPER QA TESTING? THOU HAST LOST AN EIGHTH! [Author: wirehead]

More news on Origin’s new game, “Ultima 9: You Mean NVidia Makes 3D Cards?”. People are reporting on Usenet that EB and other major retailers are pulling Ultima 9 from store shelves. Reason: too many returns. You could post complaints on U9’s official support board, but last time

LOLLY LOLLY LOLLY FIX YOUR VENDORS HERE [Author: wirehead]

The UO patch message was updated at noon today with this note: Vendor Owners: If your vendor is giving you the message “Hmm, I seem to have lost my master”, please page a Game Master in game immediately. You can page a Game Master by using the Help button on

SOMETHING’S WRONG, DAVE [Author: wirehead]

I’m getting a LOT of reports of problems in UO, both via email and posted on various message bases. (I didn’t encounter any personally, but then again I’m just an annoying little thief without any personal property at the moment, so what do I know.) First the

ULTIMA 9: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY [Author: wirehead]

Been playing U9 most of this holiday weekend. Here’s my impressions: GOOD: The story. Obviously well thought out, what I’ve seen so far makes it by far the best of the Ultimas in that regard. One interesting interpretation more than one person has made (including myself) is that

METAPHOR ON THE FLOOR [Author: wirehead]

Gather round, children, and let me tell you a story. There was once a land which began a very drastic economic experiment. Unlike the status quo up to that time, which involved a great deal of artificial manipulation of the economy by the land’s leaders, this time it was

TRADESPOT RESPONDS [Author: wirehead]

In response to my accusation below of Pucky, a Tradespot broker, of money laundering, Jon, also of Tradespot, had this to say: As a long time reader of your site, I must say in the last few days I have been growing more and more upset. When the rumors regarding