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Creator of UO talks about his trip to space.
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 2:59 pm
by Joe
With all of the holiday season commotion I fell a couple weeks behind on my podcasts. On a trip to the airport this morning, I got a chance to catch up and found a surprise in an episode of 'The Moth'. It is a short story by Richard Garriott about his life and his trip to outer space. You should check it out if you get a chance.
http://castroller.com/podcasts/TheMothP ... w%20Effect
Edit: changed link
Re: Creator of UO talks about his trip to space.
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 3:01 pm
by Pro
Garriott is crazy
Re: Creator of UO talks about his trip to space.
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 3:07 pm
by BobDobbs
Just a link to iTunes.
Re: Creator of UO talks about his trip to space.
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 3:17 pm
by Joe
BobDobbs wrote:Just a link to iTunes.
Sorry, changed link.
Re: Creator of UO talks about his trip to space.
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 6:23 pm
by Psilo
Richard Garriot is awesome, he is inspiring and interesting to listen to speak.
Re: Creator of UO talks about his trip to space.
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 6:25 pm
by MatronDeWinter
Psilo wrote:Richard Garriot is awesome, he is inspiring and interesting to listen to speak.
Re: Creator of UO talks about his trip to space.
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 6:50 pm
by DrFaustus
I enjoyed listening to him.
Re: Creator of UO talks about his trip to space.
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 7:06 pm
by checkmate
TLDR;
Garriot talks about his struggles to getting to space as a kid. Got rich, bought space ticket, 2001 crash, sold ticket, got rich again, bought ticket, life surgery to remove liver problem, heads to space. A more proper title would be "Garriot talks about his hardships to get to space". There was like 3 sentences about actual space.
Re: Creator of UO talks about his trip to space.
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 7:27 pm
by chumbucket
And Ralph Koster deserves the real credit for UO anyways.
Re: Creator of UO talks about his trip to space.
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 11:58 pm
by MatronDeWinter
For UO perhaps, but basically all of the items and storyline comes directly from the older Ultimas.
Re: Creator of UO talks about his trip to space.
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 12:34 am
by Psilo
It's interesting that Ultima was an RPG with lots of emphasis on the social aspect of the genre. UO is the rare MMORPG where the social aspect is a huge part of the game, it is more enjoyable and makes more sense than themepark type MMO's like WOW which can be very anti-social.
Re: Creator of UO talks about his trip to space.
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 12:58 am
by Mens Rea
Ralph Koster... pfft... that guy is such a nancy boy.
Re: Creator of UO talks about his trip to space.
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 11:15 am
by lemontree
Interesting...
Re: Creator of UO talks about his trip to space.
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 4:04 pm
by Boondock_Saint
lemontree wrote:Interesting...
Indeed
Re: Creator of UO talks about his trip to space.
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:18 am
by 2Cents
That trip cost him 13 million $ at least, he told it in an old interview...
I just have to edit since i was looking for the link and in fact its 30 million
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6052360.html