Shroud of the Avatar - Interview @ Gamers Nexus

Scott Griffin of Gamers Nexus interviewed RichardGarriott about Shroud of the Avatar.

The ability to hook players into a game -- ideally without requiring a never-ending grind to get to the "fun part" -- is an ever-challenging quest for companies. This problem is one that actually benefits the modding community, which is probably one of the ultimate forms of complimenting a game's developers. Modding communities show that players are so committed to what they were given that they want to keep it alive as long as possible. Morrowind is a prime example of this; even after a decade, players are still keeping the game alive by porting it into newer engines even the game's Lead Designer acknowledges this, 10+ years later.