Coinciding with the official launch of Tabula Rasa, the New York Times has run a piece on Executive Producer Richard Garriott and the game itself. If you'd like to learn more about General British's career, how he envisioned Tabula Rasa being developed, and what will make it different from other MMO games, this is an insightful article.

Tabula Rasa is a massively multiplayer online game, or M.M.O., like Ultima Online, EverQuest or World of Warcraft. But in making Tabula Rasa the first major science-fiction online game in years, Mr. Garriott has traded in spells for shotguns. While many online games feature complicated controls that may require 30 seconds or more to defeat a single foe, Tabula Rasa is based on hectic combat against legions of slavering aliens.

Head over to the New York Times to see the entire story.