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aka: Lord Blackthorn
Name: Starr Long
Years Working on UO: (Around 10 years for Origin)
Position(s): Director, Associate Producer, Producer, Q&A
Worked On:
- Ultima IX: Ascension - Associate Producer
- Ultima Online - Director
- Ultima Online: The Second Age (T2A) - “Special Thanks”
- Ultima Online 2/Ultima Worlds Online: Origin - Producer

Interviews/Comments on UO

Where Are They Now?
- Working with Richard “Lord British” Garriott on Tabula Rasa as Producer

What Else Did They Do?
- Numerous - See MobyGames entry below
City of Heroes (NCsoft Europe Ltd.)
City of Heroes (NCsoft - North America)
BioForge (ORIGIN Systems, Inc).
Ultima: Runes of Virtue II (FCI)
Ultima VIII: Pagan (ORIGIN Systems, Inc.)
Ultima VII, Part Two: Serpent Isle (ORIGIN Systems, Inc.)
Ultima VII, Part Two: The Silver Seed (ORIGIN Systems, Inc.)
Wing Commander Academy (ORIGIN Systems, Inc.)
Wing Commander Armada (ORIGIN Systems, Inc.)
Wing Commander: Privateer (ORIGIN Systems, Inc.)
Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds (ORIGIN Systems, Inc.)

Other/External Sites:
- MobyGames Bio
- Interview at GameSpot - About UO2/Ultima Worlds Online: Origin (PC Gaming Graveyard)

Notable Quotes:
GameSpot Interview:

As far as I know, obviously without having access to the corporate meetings, the game wasn’t a prospect for cancellation until close to the very end, but the momentum to cancel it had been building. The company wanted the product out sooner than we could deliver, and to try to meet their dates, we trimmed features and added lots of staff, which added to the costs. The momentum was building, since the team was so expensive, and we had spent a lot of money already.

Notes:
- Started out at ORIGIN System in Quality Assurance and Playtesting
- Background: Live Theater (technica/lighting/set design)
- Graduated from Louisiana State University with Theater-related degree.

From his DragonCon Biography:
Hobbies include rock’n'roll lighting, skate-boarding, catamaran sailing, reading, flying-disc golfing, partying, and buying way too many CDs. He has a dog named Scooby Doo; four cats named Snoopy, Xiola, Aslan, and Creature; three fish named Uncle Monty, Bravestarr, and Homeyness; a roommate named Chip; a girlfriend named Jules; a mountain bike called Dee Iguana and an Isuzu Trooper called Da Bus. (In case you haven’t noticed, he’s got a thing about names.) He is famous at Origin for his eyeball tree, his shaved head, his tattoo, his earrings and his propensity for black clothing; his favorite quote is “We are not drunk, we are multi-millionaires!”