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Former NCsoft Dev Talks of the Fall of Tabula Rasa

Posted Sat, Jan 17, 2009 by Savanja

Tabula Rasa will be closing it's servers soon and this calls for post mortems from industry bloggers both near and far. No one has a better perspective though than a former NCsoft developer who witnessed the birth and the beginning of the end

As TR moved closer to release, company wide, we were *ordered* to start particpating in weekly playtests. As I mentioned, I wasn’t really fond of shooters, and clung to that Get Out Of Jail Free card fiercely. I mean, being one of the most obnoxiously opinionated persons on internal email lists, along with the whole ranting on the web for a decade thing, having an excuse *not* to have an opinion on That Thing Looming Over All Of Us was pretty sweet.

This blog gives a very interesting outlook on what might have gone wrong and what could have been done differently. Visit the Broken Toys blog to read more!

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Richard Garriott is getting his own documentary chronicling his journey into the final frontier.

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Tue, Nov 22, 2011
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Richard Garriott talks about his early game works and his disappointment with the 2011 version of Ultima Online.

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Thu, Nov 10, 2011
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A three-judge appeals court panel has upheld Ultima creator Richard "Lord British" Garriott's $32 million judgment against NCsoft dispute.

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Tue, Oct 25, 2011
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Ultima series and Tabula Rasa creator Richard Garriott is selling a piece of his kingdom. Britannia Manor II is now on sale.

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Wed, Oct 19, 2011
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