Richard Garriott

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Movie About Ultima Creator Richard Garriott Coming Next Year

7:40AM November 22, 2011 | Evan Narcisse

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. More »


In Real Life

Ultima Creator Transforms Into A Robot To Work From Home

8:20AM October 27, 2011 | Mike Fahey

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. More »


In Real Life

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

2:30PM October 20, 2011 | Owen Good

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. More »


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Earthquake? QUICK! To Twitter!

5:30AM August 24, 2011 | Jen Schiller

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. More »


PC

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

2:30AM March 1, 2011 | Brian Crecente

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


In Real Life

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

9:00AM December 3, 2010 | Stephen Totilo

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. More »


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Game Dev Helps Test Super Suit For Space Flight

3:30AM November 1, 2010 | Brian Crecente

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. More »


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

12:45PM July 30, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

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. More »


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Ultima Creator May Already Own Some Of The Moon

6:40AM March 23, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

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. More »


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Killer Whale’s Violent Past Includes Deadly Attack On Ultima-Obsessed Drifter

11:00AM February 25, 2010 | Brian Crecente

The whale that apparently killed a trainer today in front of a horrified SeaWorld audience was also connected to the death in 1999 of a drifter so obsessed with Ultima Online that he once wandered into Richard Garriott’s home. More »