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Watch Lord British Officiate Zero-G Wedding

10:40AM AJ Glasser | Earlier this month, we heard that Richard Garriot — son of an astronaut and granddaddy of science fiction/fantasy games like the Ultima series — would officiate a wedding in zero gravity. More »

Lord British Has Landed

3:40AM Mike Fahey | Lord “Richard Garriott” British has landed, back safe from his mission to deliver Crecente’s seed into space, and while there is a lengthy press release talking about the mission, the landing, and indeed the entire process of sending the legendary developer into space, we much prefer this clip from The Today Show. It’s short, to the point, and shows his father, retired NASA astronaut Owen Garriott, carrying his son in a basket for the first time in 45 years. You go, Space Garriott. SPACE ADVENTURES’ CLIENT, PRIVATE ASTRONAUT RICHARD GARRIOTT, RETURNS TO EARTH AFTER COMPLETING MISSION TO THE ISS More »

Richard Garriott Sends Cryptic Message From Space

11:20AM Stuart Houghton | You know, they say sometimes people go CRAZY on these long trips. They get the, eh… SPACE MADNESS. Not plucky Lord British, though. No, the good lord is safe in his heaven and has found the time to transmit a coded message of hope to us earth-bound types. The multisquillionaire held up a card containing the message shortly after reaching orbit – the message is encoded in Logos Elements – the fictional runic system used in Garriott’s game Tabula Rasa. Fans of the game have now decoded the runes and found it to be a quote – hit the jump to see what Lord British thinks we ought to know. More »