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afa...@umich.edu (Adam Farkas) writes:
>>This is true, but to be honest, the former 'owner' of Origin, Richard
>>Gariott, AKA Lord British, sold Origin to EA. They gave him a dump truck
>>full of money and a VP position and equivilent value EA stock, from 
>>what I understand. He made out like a bandit. Face it, he sold out. He's
>>lost touch with the public. He wasn't even at the last big Game Developer's
>>conference, from what I understand. He was at another convention pushing 3DO!
>>You can see the trend. As he became more and more of an executive a couple of
>>years ago, the quality of Origin's games has gone down. I hear he's turned most
>>of the control over U9 to someone else. Wouldn't suprise me a bit!

>ugh.. this was driven home in horrible detail on CNN today.  I was horrified 
>to see Garriott running around in tights, talking about this bizarre
>$500,000 haunted-house that he's built where people can come and "live out" 
>Ultima IV & become the avatar.  Isn't this one of the signs of the 
>apocalypse? :)

	Oh lighten up... the guy has money, and I bet there are millions of
"would-be-avatars" out there.  So what's wrong with providing the ultimate
Ultima? "Ultima XI: Total Reality"? when you consider "Ultima X: Virtual
Reality". :-)

							- Falcon