Editing Update of the Avatar/Update 234 (section)

===<span id="6">Shroud in the News: Antwand Pearman, MMORPG, Massively OP Podcast</span>===
It has been quite the last few weeks for us and the press. The combination of our SeedInvest campaign, the launch of last month’s Release 42, our Q3 Schedule, Richard at Gamelab, and now Release 43 has all generated quite a lot of attention. Click the link below for details on what’s been talked about! Here are a few of the best highlights:

'''Antwand Pearman vs. The Interview:''' This really unique interview format includes Richard playing a custom board game that involves saving Matt Damon in space. Meanwhile it highlights what an extraordinary life Richard has lead.

:''“In this episode of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3xRfE2uJwI 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.”''

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'''MMORPG:''' Red Thomas writes about Release 43 and our upcoming Q3 schedule in his article “[http://www.mmorpg.com/shroud-of-the-avatar/columns/offline-is-on-1000011832 Offline is On]”, with a special focus on our latest efforts to balance and expand the Offline Economy:
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:''“Richard Garriott, Starr Long, and all the other folks at Portalarium have always taken a stand on the other side of the question, though. I don’t think I’ve been onsite once in three years or so of interviewing the team that offline gameplay didn’t come up in the list of things they were working on. For Richard especially, the offline portion of the game has always been every bit as critical to the initial vision as providing space for player communities online.”''

'''Massively OP Podcast:'''  Richard and Starr fielded a bunch of great questions from Justin Olivetti including: “Why a spiritual successor?”, “How do you retrain players to this type of game?” and “What are the paths?”.
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:''“On this [http://massivelyop.com/2017/06/29/massively-op-podcast-episode-124-shroud-of-the-avatars-richard-garriott-and-starr-long/ special bonus episode], Justin catches up with Richard Garriott and Starr Long about Ultima Online’s spiritual successor, Shroud of the Avatar. How is this project shaping up now that it’s nearing launch? Listen and find out!”''

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