Curt Schilling, former Red Sox pitcher and founder of 38 Studios LLC, demonstrated the new Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning game in Redwood City, Calif., in July 2010.

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, which is being released today, is the first product from 38 Studios LLC, Schilling’s video game company. The game, full of lavish imagery and lively adventure, will, I expect, earn back every dollar of the $30 million Schilling has invested to develop the game, and then some.