In Real Life

Rich Game Developer Didn’t Notice Magician Rob Him Of Half A Million Dollars

Richard Garriott, shown above brushing his teeth in zero gravity, helped birth the world-conquering MMO genre. The success of his early Ultima games make him enough money to essentially rent a rocket to go into outer space. But, smart and rich as he is, the man known as Lord British can still get oodles of cash swindled from him. And, between 2009 and 2011, that appears to be exactly what happened to Garriott, to the tune of $US561,927.


November 22, 2011
News

Movie About Ultima Creator Richard Garriott Coming Next Year

What does one do after inventing one of the first virtual worlds ever to exist online? If you’re Richard Garriott, you try to leave Earth behind altogether, for a little while anyway. Lots of gamers know about Garriott’s quest to escape the bounds of Earth’s gravity via private space travel. What some may not know is the reason the man known as Lord British wants to do it so badly.


October 27, 2011
In Real Life

Ultima Creator Transforms Into A Robot To Work From Home

With his new wife living and working in New York and his company and home base in Austin, Texas, how does legendary game developer Richard Garriott split his time between the two? He doesn’t, that’s what his robot is for.


October 20, 2011
In Real Life

Ultima Creator’s House For Sale For A Cool $4 Mil

Richard Garriott, the Ultima creator and space tourist believed to be the only private citizen to own property on an extraterrestrial body, is selling real estate here on Earth. For about $US4 mil you may claim the stately Texas manor owned by Lord British.


August 24, 2011
News

Earthquake? QUICK! To Twitter!

An Earthquake hit Virginia today, and we felt tremors all up and down the east coast. Instead of seeking shelter or whatever you do when an earthquake hits, the games industry took to twitter to make jokes. Seems reasonable to us.


March 1, 2011
PC

How FarmVille’s Makers Missed The Boat On The Next Great Era Of Gaming

Before there were virtual farmers in FarmVille and virtual shop owners in CityVille, there was Ultima Online.


December 3, 2010
In Real Life

Richard Garriott Didn’t Expect NASA’s Discovery In His Lifetime

Richard Garriott created the blockbuster game Ultima Online, paid his way onto a Russian rocket and has travelled deep beneath Antarctica. So, yeah, he’s pumped about today’s NASA news.


November 1, 2010
News

Game Dev Helps Test Super Suit For Space Flight

A new space flight suit being developed at MIT to help reduce bone mass loss on long stays in space got a helping hand from Ultima game creator and space aficionado Richard Garriott.


July 30, 2010
News

Ultima Creator Richard Garriott Just Sued A Cool $28 Million Out Of NCSoft

Why is this man smiling? Because a Texas jury just awarded him $US28 million in a suit filed against NCsoft, the publisher of his now defunct massively multiplayer online game Tabula Rasa.


March 23, 2010
News

Ultima Creator May Already Own Some Of The Moon

Richard Garriott, space tourist, rat tail enthusiast and creator of Ultima and Tabula Rasa (RIP), may also be the first private citizen to have a legitimate claim to ownership of a good portion of the moon.