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The year was 1979 and a scrappy little 16 year old named Richard Garriott started coding his friends' latest Dungeons & Dragons campaign into an Apple II. This is the small domino that fell over to eventually result in millions of players worldwide romancing a bear 30+ years later in Baldur's Gate 3. How did we get there? Well, there's a lot of answers to that question but a predominant step was through the landmark CRPG series, Ultima.
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Special thanks to "@NathanLV" for commissioning today's episode! If you want your own personal history lesson on some niche area, check out patreon.com/debatethiscast and consider sponsoring $60 one time to get your very own FLAVOR TEXT.
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The year was 1979 and a scrappy little 16 year old named Richard Garriott started coding his friends' latest Dungeons & Dragons campaign into an Apple II. This is the small domino that fell over to eventually result in millions of players worldwide romancing a bear 30+ years later in Baldur's Gate 3. How did we get there? Well, there's a lot of answers to that question but a predominant step was through the landmark CRPG series, Ultima.
Imgur library link: https://imgur.com/a/5wN6Mec
Special thanks to "@NathanLV" for commissioning today's episode! If you want your own personal history lesson on some niche area, check out patreon.com/debatethiscast and consider sponsoring $60 one time to get your very own FLAVOR TEXT.
Recommended Reading:
Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Threads? threads.net/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? [email protected]
Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!

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