It may be hard to see what's going on in the pic, but keep in mind that Ultima Online is full-screen and looks beautiful when it's not squished into a little space. The person who captured the screenshot says the image was taken just before the second testing stage ended, when the programmers thanked everyone for their help. While the UO team has implemented a lot of features and new objects and monsters, players are flocking to the servers to build up their characters. From what I hear, the lag is better than it was when I played it, and the system demands aren't as high. You still need a good system to run the game smoothly, though.
Bugs abound, of course, as do player killers.
The Internet Gaming Zone is one of the few things people can find little to complain about about Microsoft. Some games available are chess, checkers, othello, bridge, hearts, and spades. The artwork isn't that great, but the service is free and I love just dropping in to play a quick spades game or two while meeting some new people. The silly thing is that you need to be using MSIE as your browser, just to enter the site. Chatting Chatting's of course one of the main things to do on the 'Net these days.