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A meditation on the Virtue of Justice.

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It being Advent, I find myself moved once more to muse upon matters philosophical, examining the Eight Virtues of the Ultima series and comparing these against real-world philosophy and theology. This year, I'd like to focus on the Virtue of Justice, which I don't think I've given much attention to in years past.

Thomist theologian James Chastek wrote — or shared; it's not clear — a parable on his blog some years back:

A certain Queen was

Spam Spam Spam Humbug chats with members of the Ultima Online team.

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Creation Theme, from the Ultima Online soundtrack

Podcast Topic(s)

This week, as a way of belatedly marking the 18th anniversary of Ultima Online (which actually happened back in September), Spam Spam Spam Humbug is pleased to welcome members of the Ultima Online development team from Broadsword Online Games.

The Past: Who's Who & Stories

Each member of the group from Broadsword introduces themselves, and tells us a bit about how long they've been with Ultima Online. They also share their favouri

Joe Garrity returns to Spam Spam Spam Humbug to discuss the recent DMCA exemption that was granted to benefit game preservationists.

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IntroUltima VI Gates of Creation by OC ReMixNew Patrons & Shout-Outs

There are a couple shout-outs we'd like to give to backers of the Ultima Codex. First up, Chris increased his Patreon pledge a little while ago, so thank you very much for that.

And then, just recently, Matthew somehow found an old donation link on the Codex...and it still worked! So he sent in a few dollars, along with a little note. He writes: “Thanks for maintainin

WtF Dragon, Gradilla Dragon, and Chlorthos Dragon discuss the generic nature of Ultima's Britannia as compared to other, more fleshed-out RPG settings.

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Intro

Ultima VI Gates of Creation by OC ReMix

Podcast Topics

We are joined this evening by Chlorthos Dragon — and we learn how to pronounce that, actually — to discuss a topic of his suggestion: the generic nature and “feel” of Britannia versus the more fleshed-out settings of other RPGs.

[Chlorthos] I listen to Mission Log, a Star Trek podcast. In one episode, they discussed how Star Trek's settin

When you back a crowdfunded project — on Kickstarter or elsehwere — exactly what does that mean? What's the nature of your pledge, and what is the nature of your relationship with the developer thereafter?

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Intro

Ultima VI Gates of Creation by OC ReMix

Podcast Topic(s)

This episode is mostly off the cuff, so the show notes aren't as comprehensive.

What is a Kickstarter/crowdfunding pledge? What does it entitle the pledge-giver to, and what relationship d

Helgraf Dragon joins us for an episode, and we learn a bit about him and his freaky avatar.

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Intro

Ultima VI Gates of Creation by OC ReMix

New Followers & Ultima Dragons

We're happy to welcome a few new followers on Podbean this week: wholelotofgamingwithiic, Housebound Podcasts (which seems to talk about the latest news and rumours pertaining to superhero movies and television shows), and shoebie23.

And in the Ultima Dragons Facebook group, we welco

WtFD muses about the task of introducing his kids to computer games. Also, Spam Spam Spam Humbug crossed the 100,000 listens threshold this week, so thank you for listening.

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Intro

Ultima VI Gates of Creation by OC ReMix

New Patrons & Shout-Outs

A big thanks to Neil, who recently adjusted (upward, just so we're clear) his Patreon pledge in support of the Ultima Codex.

And I'd like to give a

Spam Spam Spam Humbug sits down with Colby Young and Gord Moran of IronOak Games to discuss For The King, and its beginnings in The Black Gate Board Game.

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Intro

Teaser Trailer Score, from the For The King soundtrack

New Followers & Ultima Dragons

Spam Spam Spam Humbug has a couple new followers on Podbean this week: amoten and brionna123.

As well, a few more people have joined the Ultima Dragons groups on Facebook and Google+; welcome to Rodrigo (who also joined the Google+ group), Collin, and Martin, and SPLUT! to all.

Podcast Topic(s

Withstand the Fury Dragon looks back at Ultima Forever a bit after the one-year anniversary of its shutdown.

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Intro

Come With Me, Stranger, from the Ultima Forever soundtrack

New Patrons & Shout-Outs

We have a couple new patrons on Patreon this week: Chris Hopkins and Johnny Wood are our newest backers. Thank you, Chris and Johnny; your support will help keep the Ultima Codex going, and helps bring us closer to being able to upgrade its hosting. And upgraded hosting means more RAM, more processing power, and more storage space to host files for all of the awesome Ultima fan

Ultima 4 was released thirty years ago, if you can believe that. As such, the SSSH crew discuss the game, its legacy, and whether or not modern gamers can handle it.

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IntroWander, by David Arnold, from the Ultima 4 soundtrackNew Followers & Ultima Dragons

We have a new follower on Podbean this week: ploy812. Welcome, and we