FiringSquad: Tabula Rasa has been in development for some time and has had a major gameplay change in the middle of its creation. Now that the MMORPG genre has expanded since the project was first announced are you confident that Tabula Rasa will stand out from the crowd and gain an audience?

Richard Garriott: Oh yes. TR is very unique among MMPs. Most MMPs are still in the UO/EQ mold where “farming for XP” and “the level grind” are your purpose in life. TR is much more of a story-based game in a changing battlefield environment. Not the static ho-hum worlds we’ve seen to date!