Richard Garriott

Born: 1961-07-04

Richard Allen Garriott de Cayeux (né Garriott) 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, 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. 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, Garriott 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. He was CEO of Portalarium and creative director of Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues until 2018 when he shed the title, later relinquishing all Shroud of the Avatar assets to Catnip Games in 2019.


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8 Bit Generation: The Commodore Wars

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Released: 2016-05-09

The rise and fall of Commodore computers in the 70s and 80s as described by the people who...

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Dungeons & Dragons: A Documentary

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Released: 2014-01-24

Dungeons & Dragons: A Documentary will be a definitive look at the game Dungeons & Dragons and...

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Man On a Mission: Richard Garriott's Road to the Stars

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Released: 2010-03-14

The story of legendary computer game developer Richard Garriott's spaceflight in October 2008.

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Apogee of Fear

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Released: 2012-05-15

A short science fiction film shot on the International Space Station.

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Confessions from Space: Apollo

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Released: 2019-01-01

Heroes of the Apollo Missions, Buzz Aldrin, Mike Collins , Charlie Duke and more come together...

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High Score

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First aired: 2020-08-19

This docuseries traces the history of classic video games, featuring insights from the...

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Scam School

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First aired: 2008-04-06

If Harvard offered a PhD in deceit, this would be it. Award-winning magician Brian Brushwood...

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