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The Spam Spam Spam Humbug crew review the Ultima fan projects that were active in 2015.

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Ultima VI Gates of Creation by OC ReMix

New Patrons & Shout-Outs

A shout-out to the guys at the Open Apple podcast, who discussed Ultima 4's 30th anniversary in their end-of-September episode, and linked to the Codex's article about that.

New Followers & Ultima Dragons

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Justice isn't something which is limited to any one demographic group.

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While I had initially thought that I would bring this series of Byte-Sized Virtue episodes to a close at Christmas, it only took a bit of reflection to realize that there was a particularly strong point to be made — especially about a virtue such as Justice — by continuing on to what is called Epiphany in the Catholic liturgical calendar. This feast day is officially observed on January 6th, although most North American par

Why are you listening to philosophical and theological musings about Virtues on a gaming podcast?

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I've been writing — and now recording — meditations on the Eight Virtues of Ultima lore for a few years now, and occasionally the question comes up: why do this?

It's a good question. I've been running what amounts to a major online Ultima fan hub since 2008 or so, and I've been running Ultima-related websites since 2004. That's a long time; not as long as some in the Ultima fandom have maintained sites, perhaps, but it amounts to a th

We've been discussing the virtue of Justice during Advent. What does Christmas have to do with Justice?

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When I first set upon the idea of discussing the Virtue of Justice during Advent, and over the Christmas season, a few people expressed doubts about how I would be able to really tie the virtue in with Christmas proper. At least on the surface of it, the connection doesn't seem obvious. I mean, we catch the occasional glimpse of the concept in e.g. the lyrics of Christmas carols (e.g. “Hark the herald angels sing glory to the newborn King. Peace on Earth, and mercy mild; God and sinners reconciled.”), but for the most part the idea of Justice isn't the first — or even the third —

The Spam Spam Spam Humbug team offer up their rankings of the Ultima games, and discuss why they like (or dislike) each one.

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Ultima VI Gates of Creation by OC ReMix

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Slashing Dragon recently posted, on his blog, his ranking of the Ultima games. And while he lists the games in chronological order of their release, he appends his ranking to the end of his discussion of each entry in the series. He also makes the interesting move of grouping Akalabeth, Ultima Underworld, and Ultima Und

What is social justice? And more importantly, what isn't social justice?

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If you've followed the news surrounding the controversies that have erupted in the video games press (and in the industry in general) over the last couple of years, you've probably encountered the term social justice (or the pejorative term social justice warrior, sometimes shortened to SJW) at some point. You've probably also encountered the concept of social justice if you've been involved with the mainline Christian churches since at least the year 2000. The idea of social justice — society's obligation to provide the conditions that allow associations or individuals

Spam Spam Spam Humbug chats with Adam “Goldenflame Dragon” Burr about The Dark Unknown, the Kickstarter campaign for which concludes this weekend.

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The Dark Unknown, from The Dark Unknown soundtrack

New Followers & Ultima Dragons

We have a new follower on Podbean this week: ZTrigger (a podcast about gaming...and books).

And we are also happy to welcome several new members to the Ultima Dragons Facebook group, including: Loren, Shane, Terry, Myke, Norrin</

Spam Spam Spam Humbug looks at making the transition from being a game consumer to being a game creator.

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Ultima 6 Intro - Can't Remove the Pain (Acid Usagi Remix) - Trance Edit by Acid Usagi

New Followers & Ultima Dragons

New on Podbean this week, we welcome A Day in the Life of a Crazy Cat Lady, couchop, The Podcast Show with Anthony Dalesandro, and WtFD

Let's take a look at the emergence of Justice as a virtue in Western thought.

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Previously, we established the premise that Justice is giving right operation to others (or, if you prefer, giving to each person what is their legitimate due), that rights are the object of Justice, and that (in keeping with the understanding that Justice flows outward unto a multitude) we should understand rights as being things had by others, rather than simply considering them as things which we possess ourselves.

This isn't — or shouldn't — be a particularly novel notion, and it isn't something that I invented out of whole cloth for the sake of making a point. This view of what Justice i

How did the turn-based & real-time mechanics of the various Ultimas make the games better, or possibly worse?

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Ultima 6 Intro - Can't Remove the Pain (Acid Usagi Remix) - Trance Edit by Acid Usagi

New Followers & Ultima Dragons

New followers on Podbean this week are: mattrix (his first episode is a sound check, and some thoughts on Fallout 4), budyartigue, perfectworde, kuangjianke625