Richard Garriott | |
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 Garriott in July 2008 | |
| Born | Richard Allen Garriott 4 July 1961 Cambridge, England |
| Citizenship | American, British[1][better source needed] |
| Occupation | Video game developer |
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| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
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| Relatives | Robert Garriott (brother) |
| Awards | AIAS Hall of Fame Award (2006)[2] |
| Space career | |
| Space Adventures private astronaut / cast of a film in a space station | |
Time in space | 11d 20h 35m |
| Missions | Soyuz TMA-13/TMA-12 |
Richard Allen Garriott (born 4 July 1961) is a British-born American video game developer, entrepreneur and private astronaut.
Garriott, who is the son of NASA astronaut Owen Garriott, was originally a game designer and programmer, and is now involved in a number of aspects of computer-game development. On October 12, 2008, Garriott flew aboard the Soyuz TMA-13 mission to the International Space Station as a private astronaut,[3][4] returning 12 days later aboard Soyuz TMA-12. He became the second space traveler, and first from the United States, to have a parent who was also a space traveler. During his ISS flight, he filmed a science fiction movie Apogee of Fear.[5]
The creator of the Ultima game series, Garriott was involved in all games in the series, and directly supervised all eleven main installments, starting with 1979's Akalabeth: World of Doom and concluding with 1999's Ultima IX: Ascension. Within the context of Ultima, Garriot presented himself as the fictional persona of Lord British. The series is considered influential, notably helping with establishing the computer role-playing game genre. He founded the video game development company Portalarium in 2009.[6] He was CEO of Portalarium and creative director of Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues[7] until 2018 when he shed the title,[8] later relinquishing all Shroud of the Avatar assets to Catnip Games in 2019.[9]
- ^ "One on One With Richard 'Lord British' Garriott". PC Gamer. UK. August 2007. p. 11. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
PCG: 'How did you come by the alias of Lord British? You're obviously not English.' Richard Garriott: 'Actually, that's not true ... I am a British citizen. That said, I only lived there for about two months prior to moving to the States.'
- ^ "D.I.C.E Special Awards". Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ^ Mark Carreau (2008). "$30 million buys Austin resident a ride on Soyuz mission". The Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- ^ Tariq Malik. "Former Astronaut's Son Signs on as Next Space Tourist". SPACE.com. Retrieved 9 October 2007.
- ^ Richard Garriott's "Apogee Of Fear," First Sci Fi Movie Ever Shot In Space, Fails To Launch, Huffington Post, January 14, 2012
- ^ About – Portalarium from official company website
- ^ Garriott de Cayeux, Richard. "By the way..." Google+. Archived from the original on 14 April 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
- ^ Garriott de Cayeux, Richard (12 October 2018). "Shroud of the Avatar's Richard Garriott sheds CEO title for Creative Director role". Massively Overpowered. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ "Catnip Games Acquires Shroud of the Avatar". Portalarium. Retrieved 30 September 2020.