While I have spoken to Dan Span several times in the last few years about his release of a solo Album, I had no idea this was happening today when I was checking messages!
If your not familiar with Dan Span and his work, get that way! He has serious talent and your going to want to be able to say someday “I was listening to him before he was as big as Snoop Dogg!”. As not only a friend, but official number 1 fan, I know what im talking about here!
Dan has previously released two albums with Dom John and Steven Goldman of Four Legged Records. Neon Milk and Pronoia. You can learn more about those, listen to some tracks, some covers, and even purchase them here: Recap – Electronic Rap Rock – Hudson Valley, NY
I first learned what INCREDIBLE skill and talent Dan Span has when he worked with Dom John to win a contest for a Video Game, with a Music Video. They did this in one weekend!
The have been Finalists and have played at Blizzcon. TWICE!
Every piece of music Dan has ever been involved in, that I have been able to get my hands on, is on my Iphone Playlist.
Help me add these, go support an amazing and talented young individual, and get some of the best music you’ll ever have in return!
I certainly don’t have the time these days to do long book reviews, like I once did. I wanted to at least take a couple of minutes to make this recommendation though!
Just finished an Advanced Read Copy of “American Predator” by Maureen Callahan. This was a bad ARC for me to read, as it sucked me in immediately and I had to take a bit of extra time where I could find it for a couple days to finish it off quickly. Couldn’t put it down without feeling pain at the need to keep reading!
I only find that once or twice a year… If I am lucky.
So if your looking for a great page turner, be sure to pre-order this one!
Just another short and quick to the point piece for you Shroud of the Avatar players, of things you may have missed. Most of these items will not be found mentioned on any of the official communication platforms for the game, but are rather pieces I found elsewhere.
Shroud made MMORPG’s list of games that had it worst in 2017.
Richard Garriott is a legend. Portalarium’s goal to make the ultimate RPG is a lofty one, but one that just can’t seem to find its footing.
Read more at https://www.mmorpg.com/columns/the-mmos-that-had-it-worst-in-2017-1000012365#Z37ixTXvmMbbjITQ.99
Massively Over Powered talks about the addition of Log Cabins to the game.
With such a strong emphasis on player housing, Shroud of the Avatar has fans guessing as to what other interesting abodes the team is cooking up inside of Lord British’s lab. Turns out the answer to this is “log cabins.”
If you scroll down towards the bottom of this Article on Sim City, you will see a piece and a short video that references Starr Long & Richard Garriott, in regards to Virtual Ecology.
What this means is that Todd Howard is going to join the ranks of Ultima developer Richard Garriott and the entire team at Rockstar Games – they have won this prestigious Legend Award in the past
Richard Garriott is going to be talking about Shroud of the Avatar at the Austin Convention Center!
After several years of successful development as the second highest crowdfunded game ever, Shroud of the Avatar is finally launching! Join Richard “Lord British” Garriott himself
Well, if you missed Richard Garriott’s book I HIGHLY recommend it. In fact being familiar with most of his stories it has even become more fun for me, as when I am telling someone about something I am now able to pull it off a shelf and say “read these two paragraphs!”.
You probably saw this one through official channels, but it’s worth watching again!
IGN Talks about SXSW hitting Austin in March!
For starters, attendees can enjoy exclusive access to industry luminaries, creators, performers, and high-profile players at the Discovery Stage. The nine sessions announced so far include appearances by System Shock / Deus Ex mastermind Warren Spector, Ultima creator Richard Garriott (on the eve of launching crowdfunding phenom Shroud of the Avatar), Castlevania dad Koji Igarashi, Sega’s Sonic posse, and many more.
Up for auction on eBay is a press photo of Owen Garriott with Richard Garriott as a child. I’ve not only seen this photo before in various articles about the Garriott’s, I think I’ve linked to a few of them that used this cover photo.
It’s definitely an iconic piece, as it reaches out and touches the family in you. Personally, If I had the funds for this I would buy it and mail it to Richard. As I don’t, I instead pass it on to you my fellow collectors!
Did I say auction? It’s actually a buy it now, for a reasonable $20.00 with standard shipping rates.
Richard Garriott, as always, has been in the news a lot of late. Seriously, when is he not?
Both Portalarium and Shroud of the Avatar are also seeing a lot of increase in the news, with their Seed Invest campaign! Speaking of which, that is drawing to a close so if that interests you, get in on it!
A Lot of articles are being syndicated around on the bigger websites, as well as original pieces coming out. Here are some of those for you to check out!
This is another one of those summary pieces. Oozes and Blobs that have crossed my path fairly recently that I hadn’t passed along yet and all that.
You may remember a little while back that Protalarium was doing an AMA on Reddit for Shroud of the Avatar. Red Thomas has a nice summary piece set-up over here on MMORPG if you missed it!
Mainly, there’s a lot of questions about what’s going on in development and how it impacts them. So, the Shroud of the Avatar team set up a Reddit AMA to answer their questions.
Richard Garriott is certainly no stranger to Interviews. I also doubt this is the first time he’s been interviewing while playing a game.
In this episode of Antwand Pearman Vs The Interview, Antwand interviews game developer and explorer Richard Garriott over a very special game of “Save Matt Damon.” They talk about how Richard developed the Ultima series, weird things about space travel and much more! Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues
How about those Lunar rifts? When do they go where?
Duke Gréagóir has a fantastic link to a spreadsheet posted over in the forums that help with just those sort of questions!
It is a google doc and starts 6/29 at 4:151:15 pm central time / new britannian time. It is easy to modify as the forumla is adding 8 minutes and 45 seconds for each stop. If you see it is off, Let me know or you should have access to edit it too (if the setting works in google docs).
Looking for a Tournament or just something cool to do in Shroud of the Avatar?
*TOURNAMENT FOR THE KING *
Hear ye, Hear ye!!
You are cordially invited to join the Orders Guilds for the third year in celebrating the birth of our King, @Lord British, with a PVP event. as a part of the Kings Day Festivities.
This year we will be hosting the event during the Birthday Bash Telethon, July 6th.
