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The Official Seiko Richard Garriott Space Watch

Ultima and Tabula Rasa creator Richard Garriott loves two things: Space and rattails. Man not only has his own sputnik, but his own rattails. This October, Garriott and his flowing locks will be blasting off to the International Space Station. He plans on making a spacewalk, which would make him the first civilian with rattails to do so. Historic! To commemorate the event, Seiko is creating a titanium spring-powered "Spring Drive Spacewalk" watch, which will be limited to 99 pieces only — at a price! But really, can you put a price tag on a Richard Garriott watch? Yes, yes you can.
Spring Drive [Seiko via Watch Report via BB Gadgets]

2:00 AM on Tue Apr 8 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
1,151 views, 20 comments

Latest by amadeus3000: @Fyren: Sorry, but I think "badass watch" applies more to something from Lange&Söhne. more »

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Gary Gygax's Video Gaming Legacy

In the fall of 1972, Dave Arneson gathered a group of friends around a table in Gary Gygax's Lake Geneva Wisconsin home and changed the gaming world forever. After that fateful weekend gaming session, Gygax took Arneson's notes, and using rules form his own fantasy miniatures game Chainmail, created the game that would go on to sell millions of copies around the world - Dungeons & Dragons. A huge accomplishment for a couple of gaming geeks, but it was only the beginning. Dungeons & Dragons spread beyond the tabletop into the hearts and minds of some of the earliest pioneers of gaming. Now one of the fathers of role-playing has passed on, but Gary Gygax's legacy lives on in the video games we play. In honor of this great man, let's take a look at the influence his work has had on our favorite pastime. More »

6:00 PM on Wed Mar 5 2008
By Mike Fahey
6,363 views, 67 comments

Latest by Trilbynerd_wii: RIP Gary gygax. His contribution cannot be overestimated. Without him we would not have D&D. without D&D, we would not have the lord of the rings. Without the lord of the rings, we would not have star wars. Without any one of these, many of more »

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Raph Koster On Game Grammar and Creating Fun

Gamasutra has a long (long) interview up with Raph Koster (lead designer of Ultima Online and founder of Areae). It's long. But Koster touches on a ton of stuff - the shift in game design, the ultra-casual market like Habbo Hotel vs. WoW, this idea of 'game grammar', why patents are a necessary evil, and is 'single-player gaming dead'? - and it's an interesting read. Even some interesting ideas on the us vs. them mentality present in the industry (or is it?): More »

4:00 PM on Sat Oct 20 2007
By mgreene
2,176 views, 23 comments

Latest by frostcircus: @L_K_M: That was a really good post. more »

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Hanging with Garriott

By N. Evan Van Zelfden More »

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Ultima Online Gets Upgrade In Its 10th Year

It seems that one of the MMO's that popularized the genre will continue to receive some life support, this time in the form of a totally new client. Yep, massively multiplayer online role playing game Ultima Online will see a considerable graphics overhaul and a reworked UI. More »

9:46 AM on Sun Aug 20 2006
By Michael McWhertor
4,879 views, 2 comments