Editing Update of the Avatar/Update 236 (section)

===<span id="9">Shroud in the News: VentureBeat, KXAN, Fox7, MMORPG</span>===
For yet another week it continues to be quite an exciting time for us and the press. The combination of our [https://www.seedinvest.com/portalarium/series.b SeedInvest] campaign, the launch of Release 43, our Q3 Schedule, Richard at Gamelab, and RTX has all generated quite a lot of attention. Here are a few of the best highlights:

'''The VentureBeat:''' During Gamelab Dean Takahashi over at the DeanBeat interviewed our very own Richard Garriott, about the entire span of his career (and life) in an interview based loosely around Richard’s book Explore / Create. Dean then transcribed that into an article entitled: [https://venturebeat.com/2017/07/10/ultima-creator-richard-garriott-looks-back-on-nearly-four-decades-making-video-games/ “Ultima creator Richard Garriott looks back on nearly four decades making video games”]. The article also includes a video of the interview.
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:''Richard Garriott has had a wonderful life in video games. But the founder of Portalarium and creator of the Ultima series has also done quite a bit outside of video games, with enough adventures to last five lifetimes. He coached a featherweight boxing champion. He almost starved during a journey on the Amazon River. He almost had a fatal rock climbing accident. He had to pull a gun on an overly enthusiastic fan who broke into his home in Austin, Texas. Yet, he creates legendary haunted houses for Halloween, welcoming everybody into his home. Like his father before him, Garriott journeyed into space. While he was up there, he showed a secret message to his Tabula Rasa online game fans while on a communications link back to Earth. And he journeyed to the bottom of the sea to get a close-up look at the Titanic.''

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'''KXAN News:''' Local NBC News Affiliate KXAN News aired a piece about RTX where Shroud of the Avatar and Richard “Lord British” Garriott featured prominently entitled [http://kxan.com/2017/07/07/austins-annual-rtx-gaming-convention-set-to-biggest-yet/ “Austin’s annual RTX gaming convention set to be biggest yet”]
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:''RTX is underway in ATX and the annual gaming convention is expected to draw its biggest crowd yet. RTX is led by Rooster Teeth Productions, an Austin-based company that created the popular Red vs. Blue web series. The convention is where gaming meets the Internet and where gamers find their great escape. “It’s how you get through bad days, it’s how you get through good days, it’s how you make good days,” said one attendee. Lord British — as he’s known to fellow gamers — created a medieval role-playing game called the Shroud of the Avatar. The game won’t be released until the fall but he recognizes the way Austin ups his animation ante.''

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'''Fox7 News:''' Local Fox News affiliate Fox7 News aired a piece about RTX where they interviewed a gamer who traveled from Wisconsin to visit the show in a piece called [http://www.fox7austin.com/news/local-news/266636129-story “Gamers Paradise”]. Shroud of the Avatar and Richard “Lord British” Garriott featured prominently in the text version and in some of the background footage.
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:''Get ready to be schooled on video games. This year’s epic Rooster Teeth Expo attracted thousands of people from across the globe. Gamer Jack Rowell drove all the way to Austin from Wisconsin to attend R.T.X “We drove here 18 hours we got here yesterday. It’s pretty cool here in Austin,” said Rowell. This year’s newest game is set to be a crowd pleaser Shroud of the Avatar Forsaken Virtues. “The controls are pretty simple and it seems like it really has a cool story. I’m going to have to check it out,” said Rowell. It’s a role playing video game that takes you on a mystical spiritual journey. Players will adventure through an interactive world where their choices during ethical paradoxes have consequences. Portalarium C.E.O Richard Garriott came out to greet fans and give some pointers. Garriott said it takes around four years to develop a game. “It’s a game that has a lot more depth than just fighting monsters and collecting treasures,” Garriott said. “You can actually dial up from a solo player game to a traditional mastered multi player game.”''

'''MMORPG.com:''' Garret Fuller recently interviewed Richard about Shroud’s current status and our goals for the end of this year in an article entitled: [http://www.mmorpg.com/shroud-of-the-avatar/interviews/richard-garriott-goals-milestones-and-expectations-1000011870/#hqTjssbudIkQMbAA.99 “Richard Garriott – Goals, Milestones, and Expectations”]
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:''Last week we got the chance to talk with Richard Garriott about the state of Shroud of the Avatar and all the upcoming milestones for the game. Many people continue to watch the progress of the game closely as backers and players get ready for the full release of the game. Early Alpha and Beta phases have been tested heavily by fans. Now Richard explained that they are making the final 20% push into release. It is a time of polish and adjustment which Richard finds to be the best aspect of game making. What will the rest of the world think? Richard said that the goal of the year is to complete work on Episode 1. The milestone would launch the complete story for people to play through. Even though they are no longer wiping characters from the early testing, it may be time to start anew and experience the whole journey. They have had their 43rd monthly release and continue to deliver on time each month based on their schedule. With Episode 1 players can go through the plot lines of Truth, Love, and Courage leading up to the finale.''

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