Everyone dreams of going into space. Richard Garriott is not at all like everyone else, but he did fulfill a dream to actually go into space. As part of the Indy's Big Sky Documentary Film Festival coverage, read this review of Man on a Mission, which sc

Like a lot of kids, Richard Garriott grew up wanting to be an astronaut. Unlike a lot of kids, he had a father, Owen Garriott, who became a NASA space explorer in 1973. But Richard's nearsightedness eliminated him from eligibility tests at an early stage

There are at least a dozen major genres of offline games; so why do most massively multiplayer online games stick to the massively over-trodden fantasy RPG genre? Enter Richard Garriott, also known by the modest moniker Lord British. He's the father of t

'Perhaps most interesting is that Google is currently deciding on how it wants to release these glasses, even though the product is still a very long way from being finished.' Fighter-plane-style heads-up display in front of one eye Mouse pointer moved b

Originally released for the Apple II and Atari 8-bit platforms by ORIGIN Systems (and designed by none other than founders Richard Garriott and Chuck Bueche) in 1985, Autoduel is a post-apocalyptic vehicular combat game that effectively combines the acti

Satterwhite one of composers on ‘Man on a Mission Austinite Richard Garriott’s documentary about his 2008 flight into space has made its theatrical debut, with Pflugerville resident Brian Satterwhite along for the ride. Satterwhite, a film composer, wrot

Massively gets a certain amount of grief for writing news stories about Richard Garriott. While it's true that he hasn't made a major contribution to the MMO industry since the 1990s, it's also true that he's something of a touchstone when it comes to ge

The story shows how Garriott dreamed of following his father into space, only to be stymied by NASA’s restriction on prohibiting anyone with eyesight flaws requiring glasses from being an astronaut. At 13, with his hopes dashed, Garriott started plotting

"America will once again lead the world in space." 01/31/2012 Newt Gingrich is the one who made headlines by calling for a moonbase and a manned flight to Mars, but this week Mitt Romney picked up endorsements from a group of prominent figures from the s

Firmly ensconced in the geeky pantheon of computer legends since high school, Richard Garriott can afford to pursue his dreams - even the wildly improbable ones. For instance, following in his astronaut father's footsteps. NASA won't take you because of

Richard Garriott launched his career by creating giant, wild virtual role-playing games, and his whole life has looked like one ever since. In 2008, he followed in the footsteps of his father, the NASA astronaut Owen Garriott, when he underwent months of

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Famed video game creator Richard Garriott is known for his groundbreaking Ultima Online games - at least to an older generation. Today's gamers likely know him more for his space travels and ridiculous castle-themed mansion. After a brief stint with fail

CAPTION (Credit: Space Adventures) The 1 percent may be getting a bad rap these days, but for a few of the richest members of that maligned group, having hundreds of millions of dollars may provide a salve: The opportunity to take a trip around the moon.

RELEASE : 12-029 WASHINGTON -- Two hundred high school students packed an auditorium at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on Monday, Jan. 23, for a competition to program miniature satellites aboard the International Space Station. Alliance

NASA scientists may be more used to grappling with data from space and plotting the orbits of satellites than dealing with copyright issues, but the agency is set to give the green light for the release of the world's first sci-fi film shot in space. The

"Apogee of Fear" is the first science-fiction movie ever made in space, Garriott said, and he would like to let the public see it. There has been some demand, with the Smithsonian Institution even asking to put the film in its permanent archives because

The first science fiction film shot in orbit could be coming to terrestrial viewers, now that NASA has confirmed it's almost ready to give approval for the project. Apogee of Fear was shot by space tourist Richard Garriott during his 2008 sojourn on the

The first science fiction film shot in orbit could be coming to terrestrial viewers, now that NASA has confirmed it's almost ready to give approval for the project. Apogee of Fear was shot by space tourist Richard Garriott during his 2008 sojourn on the