Richard Garriott
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Richard Allen Garriott de Cayeux is a British-born American video game developer, entrepreneur and private astronaut.
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Garriott, dressed as his "Lord British" persona, at the 2018 Game Developers Conference
Richard Garriott (far right) aboard the ISS on October 23, 2008, with the MIT SPHERES Satellites.
Screen capture from Windows on Earth, used by Garriott on ISS to identify targets for Earth photography (Coast of Peru).
2022 in ManhattanIn their own words 2
Richard Garriott
said · Nov 9, 2005
Twenty-eight years ago, I created my first game on an Apple II in my bedroom closet at a time when the interactive entertainment industry was taking its first baby steps.
Press Statement for the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame, 9 November, 2005.
Richard Garriott
said · 1994
Stealing is OK as long as it's done well.
From quote section of Ultima VIII: Pagan (1994), referring to stealing items in-game
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Connected to Richard 6
Sergey BrinAlso in Man On a Mission: Richard Garriott's Road to the Stars (2010)
Nolan BushnellAlso in 8 Bit Generation: The Commodore Wars (2016)
Tracy HickmanAlso in Apogee of Fear (2012)
Jeff MinterAlso in 8 Bit Generation: The Commodore Wars (2016)
Steve WozniakAlso in 8 Bit Generation: The Commodore Wars (2016)
Will WrightAlso won Game Developers Choice Award - Lifetime AchievementAbout this person
Country
United StatesCategory
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
living
Dates
Born 1961 · age 65
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