Shroud of the Avatar, Richard Garriott's recently Kickstarted spiritual sequel to his Ultima RPG series, looks pretty damn good considering it's currently just an early prototype. Here, Garriott narrates a short 11-minute walkthrough of some of the game's features they've been working on in the past few months. » 7/12/13 5:40am 7/12/13 5:40am

Yesterday, game-makers and fans were all up in arms over comments made by Richard Garriott to PC Gamer, where he said, among other things, that "most game designers really just suck." » 3/21/13 2:00pm 3/21/13 2:00pm

The man who revolutionized computer role-playing games with the Ultima series doesn't think much of the talent currently working in the medium when it comes to game design. Who's good at it? He is. Maybe a few others. » 3/20/13 1:00pm 3/20/13 1:00pm

Richard Garriott, aka Lord British, was carrying a backpack full of fascinating things, when he stopped by Kotaku's offices last week to talk about his next game, Shroud of the Avatar. » 3/08/13 7:00pm 3/08/13 7:00pm

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… » 4/02/12 8:30pm 4/02/12 8:30pm

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… » 11/21/11 3:40pm 11/21/11 3:40pm

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. » 10/26/11 5:20pm 10/26/11 5:20pm

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 $4 mil you may claim the stately Texas manor owned by Lord British. » 10/19/11 11:30pm 10/19/11 11:30pm

Earlier this month, we heard that Richard Garriot — son of an astronaut and granddaddy of science fiction/fantasy games like the Ultima series — would officiate a wedding in zero gravity. » 6/22/09 8:40pm 6/22/09 8:40pm

Richard Garriott, son of an astronaut and science fiction/fantasy video game icon, will join two self-proclaimed sci-fi addicts in holy matrimony 36,000 feet in the air. » 6/04/09 4:30am 6/04/09 4:30am

Sure his head is up in the clouds at the moment, but Ultima creator Richard Garriott hasn't forgotten where he's from. In an interview with GameDaily, Garriott discusses an eventual return to gaming. » 1/15/09 4:20pm 1/15/09 4:20pm

Gaming legend Richard "Lord British" Garriott's trip into space has come and gone, leaving the Ultima creator nothing but fond memories and stories, which he'll share live on stage in Austin Texas later this month. » 1/13/09 1:40pm 1/13/09 1:40pm

Lord "Richard Garriott" British has landed, back safe from his mission to deliver Crecente's seed into space, and while there is a lengthy press release talking about the mission, the landing, and indeed the entire process of sending the legendary developer into space, we much prefer this clip from The Today Show.… » 10/24/08 1:40pm 10/24/08 1:40pm

You know, they say sometimes people go CRAZY » 10/15/08 4:20pm 10/15/08 4:20pm on these long trips. They get the, eh... . Not plucky Lord British, though. No, the good lord is safe in his heaven and has found the time to transmit a coded message of hope to us earth-bound types. The multisquillionaire held up a card containing the message shortly after…

Click to view » 9/22/08 10:40am 9/22/08 10:40am Well damn. First the don't actually make it onto their promised appearance on The Colbert Report, and now appearance is actually just a phone call from Russia, where he is preparing a knapsack full of DNA to bring with him on his historic journey into space. So while we don't get to see Stephen's…

There certainly is a large amount of gaming news relating to Comedy Central's cartoon character Stephen Colbert floating about these days, isn't there? While we eagerly await the announcement of the world's first video game based on a fake news personality, Stephen himself will be hobbing knobs with none other than… » 9/18/08 2:00pm 9/18/08 2:00pm