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Lord BritishAKA Richard Allen Garriott
Born: 4-Jul-1961
Birthplace: Cambridge, England [1]
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Computer Programmer, Business
Party Affiliation: Democratic
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Ultima series creator
One of the world's greatest computer game designers, Richard Garrott wrote his first in 1979. He wrote the RPG computer game Akalabeth in BASIC on the Apple //, and followed that up the next year with Ultima. That game spawned a sequel which grew into a series, and eventually became a 20-year franchise that made Garriott a multimillionaire.
Practices "ethical hedonism".
[1] Grew up in Houston, TX.
Father: Owen K. Garriott (Skylab 3, Shuttle STS-9 astronaut)
Mother: Helen Mary Walker (master's degree in art)
Brother: Randall O. Garriott (medical doctor, b. 29-Mar-1955)
Brother: Robert K. Garriott (two masters degrees, b. 7-Dec-1956)
Sister: Linda S. Garriott (masters degree, b. 7-Sep-1966)
High School: Clear Creek High School, League City, TX
University: University of Texas at Austin (dropped out)
Origin Systems Founder
Electronic Arts
Sierra Entertainment
Society for Creative Anachronism
X-Prize Foundation Board of Trustees
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/10/1 ... index.html
Born: 4-Jul-1961
Birthplace: Cambridge, England [1]
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Computer Programmer, Business
Party Affiliation: Democratic
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Ultima series creator
One of the world's greatest computer game designers, Richard Garrott wrote his first in 1979. He wrote the RPG computer game Akalabeth in BASIC on the Apple //, and followed that up the next year with Ultima. That game spawned a sequel which grew into a series, and eventually became a 20-year franchise that made Garriott a multimillionaire.
Practices "ethical hedonism".
[1] Grew up in Houston, TX.
Father: Owen K. Garriott (Skylab 3, Shuttle STS-9 astronaut)
Mother: Helen Mary Walker (master's degree in art)
Brother: Randall O. Garriott (medical doctor, b. 29-Mar-1955)
Brother: Robert K. Garriott (two masters degrees, b. 7-Dec-1956)
Sister: Linda S. Garriott (masters degree, b. 7-Sep-1966)
High School: Clear Creek High School, League City, TX
University: University of Texas at Austin (dropped out)
Origin Systems Founder
Electronic Arts
Sierra Entertainment
Society for Creative Anachronism
X-Prize Foundation Board of Trustees
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/10/1 ... index.html
A Soyuz spacecraft with two Americans and a Russian on board lifted off from Kazakhstan on Sunday for the international space station.
The Soyuz TMA-13 blasts off atop a Russian rocket in Kazakhstan.
The Soyuz TMA-13 capsule carrying American computer game millionaire Richard Garriott soared into a clear sky atop a Russian rocket as the latest paying space traveler's family watched from a viewing platform. Also aboard were U.S. astronaut Michael Fincke and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Lonchakov.
The rocket lifted off on schedule at 1:01 p.m. (3:01 a.m. EDT), sending an orange flare behind it as it streaked upward. The craft entered orbit about 10 minutes later.
"I'm elated, elated," said Richard Garriott's father, Owen, a former U.S. astronaut who is the first American to see his child follow in his footsteps and reach space. "They're in orbit, that's good."
Garriott's mother Eve and his girlfriend, Kelly Miller, shed tears of joy and relief at the successful launch.
The Soyuz TMA-13 blasts off atop a Russian rocket in Kazakhstan.
The Soyuz TMA-13 capsule carrying American computer game millionaire Richard Garriott soared into a clear sky atop a Russian rocket as the latest paying space traveler's family watched from a viewing platform. Also aboard were U.S. astronaut Michael Fincke and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Lonchakov.
The rocket lifted off on schedule at 1:01 p.m. (3:01 a.m. EDT), sending an orange flare behind it as it streaked upward. The craft entered orbit about 10 minutes later.
"I'm elated, elated," said Richard Garriott's father, Owen, a former U.S. astronaut who is the first American to see his child follow in his footsteps and reach space. "They're in orbit, that's good."
Garriott's mother Eve and his girlfriend, Kelly Miller, shed tears of joy and relief at the successful launch.
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