Ultima creator's Shroud of the Avatar seen in six-month progress video

http://www.joystiq.com/2013/11/04/ultima-creators-shroud-of-the-avatar-seen-in-six-month-progress/

I like the focus on house ownership and the attention to details (hopefully many interactions as well). I hope it's easy to control who can enter and such so you don't end up with some douchebags wanting to steal everything or destroy the house, but I suppose a decent system where stealing is possible but not easy might be fun too.

And both of them are going to make you their bitch.

Richard Garriot: "Theme Park" MMOs are Dead

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.834384-Richard-Garriot-Theme-Park-MMOs-are-Dead

I have not been paying attention to this but with this article I suspect the game will be more like Ultima Online as it originally was where players killed everyone for thier shit.

I expect this game to be repeatin the mistakes of UO.

Kickstarter is a great vehicle for getting old style games produced. I'm pretty sure that there are a lot of people who liked UO gameplay and won't mind something similar. I won't criticise the game for that (not that it's really possible to tell at this point how it will compare to UO).

Have not heard news in awhile until now:

http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/06/12/shroud-of-the-avatar-e3-interview-lord-british-speaks-to-his-people/

http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/06/12/i-played-shroud-of-the-avatar-with-richard-garriott-and-the-cult-of-lord-british-is-alive-and-well/

I hope this game manages to bring back life in the stagnant MMORPG. Everquest and WOW are enough for your Theme Park MMO fix. We need more different styles for it.