Richard Garriott Hypes Tabula Rasa From Space

October 15, 2008

As we reported on Sunday, Richard Garriott rocketed into space aboard the Soyuz TMA-13.

GP sister-site GameCulture has posted a fascinating story detailing some of what the Ultima series creator has gotten up to.

Among other activities, it seems that Garriott is doing some sophisticated hyping of Tabula Rasa, his latest MMORPG. From GameCulture:

...live footage streamed from the capsule's cabin showed the veteran game designer grinning through the faceplate of his helmet, holding a card with an array of icons written on it... The icons were 'logos,' an ancient form of pictographic communication used by the Eloh, an alien race that forms part of the lore of Garriott's latest MMO, Tabula Rasa...

the official Tabula Rasa website... provided a single clue — the message was a famous quote... In what is certain to be the first intergalactic mini-ARG (alternate reality game), the power of crowdsourcing and collective intelligence manifested itself quickly. By yesterday afternoon, gamers at PlanetTR... were already celebrating victory. One of the board's members, Valashar, claimed to have successfully translated the cryptic quote... [it is] Earth is the cradle of humanity but mankind will not be in the cradle forever.

Tabula Rasa, by the way, is set in space.

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Re: Richard Garriott Hypes Tabula Rasa From Space

Submitted by Tammej on Sat, 10/18/2008 - 06:05.

I used to be a fan of him, until he totally dropped the ball on Ultima, thanks to Electronic Arts. From what it looked like to me, he made no effort whatsoever to reclaim his beloved series at all, and that saddened me so much that I pretty much don't care for anything he's doing these days. Unless he someday returns to what made him so great.

Re: Richard Garriott Hypes Tabula Rasa From Space

Submitted by shobidoo on Thu, 10/16/2008 - 06:21.

i got the translation for the message its Earth is the cradle of humanity but mankind will not be in the cradle forever

Shobidoo, the hardcore gamer

Re: Richard Garriott Hypes Tabula Rasa From Space

Submitted by shobidoo on Thu, 10/16/2008 - 06:21.

i got the translation for the message its Earth is the cradle of humanity but mankind will not be in the cradle forever

Shobidoo, the hardcore gamer

Re: Richard Garriott Hypes Tabula Rasa From Space

Submitted by Freyar on Wed, 10/15/2008 - 15:55.

Tabula Rasa is better than it used to be.. just not good enough.

---- There is a limit for both politicians against video games, and video games against politicians. http://www.goteamretard.com

Re: Richard Garriott Hypes Tabula Rasa From Space

Submitted by GoodRobotUs on Wed, 10/15/2008 - 14:12.

Gotta hand it to the guy, he chases his dreams, love him or hate him, you've gotta respect him for that.

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PHX Corp: http://news.xbox.com/2013/06/update it's available as of now06/19/2013 - 3:49pm

MaskedPixelante: Backpedal! Backpedal like the wind!06/19/2013 - 3:47pm

Andrew Eisen: Here's a telling bit: the page with the updates to the DRM? Yeah, it's down right now. And MS wonders why this "online check" stuff irks us so much.06/19/2013 - 3:40pm

Imautobot: Damage is done, I am not going to give them another chance.06/19/2013 - 3:38pm

Andrew Eisen: "Online authentication will still be required, but only during a console's initial setup" Hopefully, that means setting up Xbox Live and such.06/19/2013 - 3:38pm

PHX Corp: @EZK one down, one to go06/19/2013 - 3:37pm

IanC: Yeah, too little, too late. They lost my trust, and this sint enough to get it back. Theres just this lingering fear that one day it will come back, in some way.06/19/2013 - 3:35pm

E. Zachary Knight: Gamasutra has confirmed it. They are reversing their DRM policies. Not sure what it all entails though. http://gamasutra.com/view/news/194649/Microsoft_reverses_Xbox_One_DRM_policy.php06/19/2013 - 3:33pm

E. Zachary Knight: Rumor has it that Microsoft is just going to up and ditch its DRM policies before launch. http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/microsoft-to-pull-complete-reversal-on-xbox-one-dr/1100-4673/06/19/2013 - 3:13pm

E. Zachary Knight: It is the same price as the existing slim, uses all new cables (power and composite) and does not have optical audio. So you have to use HDMI if you want HD video and surround sound.06/19/2013 - 2:12pm

E. Zachary Knight: Interesting. IGN is recommending that you just skip the new 360 redesign. http://www.ign.com/videos/2013/06/18/unboxing-the-xbox-360-super-slim06/19/2013 - 2:12pm

Papa Midnight: Rumor - Steam to Allow Game Borrowing06/19/2013 - 1:24pm

Papa Midnight: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=59560606/19/2013 - 1:24pm

Andrew Eisen: Hey, that's exactly the point of our latest poll! Which I just noticed I somehow failed to post yesterday. I better fix that.06/19/2013 - 11:34am

PHX Corp: http://kotaku.com/microsofts-muddled-messaging-shown-off-on-national-te-514280891 Microsoft's Muddled Messaging, Displayed On National Television06/19/2013 - 9:57am

Imautobot: Maybe there really is something to be said about selling a game at a fair price.06/19/2013 - 8:35am

MechaTama31: Imautobot: I dunno. Ask my hundreds-strong Steam library, which I have played maybe 10-20% of. Those sales are just too good to pass up... >.>06/19/2013 - 7:38am

Imautobot: Bought 5 GOG games last night, now I wonder if I'll play them. Why is it so comforting to know we have it, and yet such a challenge to bring ourselves to play it?06/19/2013 - 7:28am

Andrew Eisen: Okay, fixed. For really reals this time!06/19/2013 - 12:42am

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