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Richard Garriott on the state of the games industry: 'The bells and whistles are no longer what's important'
Ultima creator Richard Garriott was one of several developers on a recent panel hosted by the Georgia Game Developers Association, and Lord British was in fine form.
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Richard Garriott, creator of Ultima, appeared on a panel hosted by the Georgia Game Developers Association, introducing himself as the “great‑grandpa” of the group. He warned that the video‑game industry faces a tangled set of issues rather than a single problem. Garriott cited non‑industry players trying to profit from games, a challenging political climate, and numerous other factors as contributing to a “horrible knot” of difficulties. He emphasized that the complexity of these intertwined threads makes diagnosing and resolving the crisis especially hard.
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