I don’t have a lot to add, I’m just getting the rest of my annoyance out at Richard Garriott’s dismissal of modern designers, given that his remarks are from the standpoint of someone who hasn’t designed a game since I was in high school, and who obviously hasn’t played many games either in the last decade.
Carry on.
It just kinda sucks that someone who has created so many great games that have gone on to inspire so many of the people he just trashed has turned around and done so. I mean…I never got into Ultima, but…well, it would be like you doing the same thing in the future if, say, I had gone on to become a programmer and had decided to work in the games industry. I’d take it for what it is-a slap in the face.