Elements of Ultima VII were inspired by game developer Origin Systems’ conflicts with competitor (and later owner) Electronic Arts. Origin Systems’ corporate slogan was “We Create Worlds”, while the main antagonist of the story – the Guardian – is presented as a “Destroyer of Worlds”. The three evil “Generators” created by the Guardian in the game take the physical shapes of the contemporary Electronic Arts logo: a cube, a sphere, and a tetrahedron. Elizabeth and Abraham, two apparently benevolent characters who later turn out to be murderers, have the initials “E” and “A”.[10] Electronic Arts would acquire Origin later that same year, on September 25, 1992.

EA, destroyer of worlds since 1992