Richard Garriott, also known by his pseudonym Lord British, is a significant figure in the video game industry, who is primarily known for creating the Ultima series.
Born on July 4, 1961, in Cambridge, England, he moved to the United States where he began developing role-playing video games.
Richard Garriott’s Ultima series, starting with Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness, set new standards for RPGs with its deep storytelling, expansive worlds, and character development.
After the Ultima series, he continued to work on other video game projects, such as Tabula Rasa, and later, Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues.
Beyond his work in game development, Richard Garriott is known for his ventures into space tourism. In October 2008, he became one of the first private citizens to travel to space, visiting the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.