> I'm going through all the Ultimas now. Same here! I've loved the series since I was younger. GOG.com is the best place to get them online, and even though I

> I'm going through all the Ultimas now. Same here! I've loved the series since I was younger. GOG.com is the best place to get them online, and even though I own physical copies I've purchased most of them from there. One caveat: for the earlier Ultimas, I highly recommend going through the pain of installing fan-made patches that add the Apple II music to many of the DOS versions, upgrade the graphics to VGA, fix bugs, and so on: http://ultimacodex.com/2012/04/patches-updates-for-the-gog-com-ultima-releases-2/ http://ultimacodex.com/2012/04/patches-updates-for-the-gog-c... With the MIDI patches, I'm able to play music for the early Ultimas through my Roland MT-32. :-) You should also take a look at the xu4 project (open source game engine using the original resources: http://xu4.sourceforge.net http://xu4.sourceforge.net) and LairWare's Mac-only version of Ultima III (http://www.lairware.com/ultima3/ http://www.lairware.com/ultima3/). Responding to the article in particular, as much as Ultima VIII is reviled for its gameplay, I do enjoy the idea of turning the idea of virtue on its head: how do you continue as the Avatar (meaning, the literal embodiment of virtue) in a world where you have to do bad things for good reasons?