Richard Garriott has 
always lived in a slightly different world than the rest of us. He’s the creator of the revolutionary Ultima role-playing series. He’s an astronaut. And he lives in one of the coolest houses in Texas.
Or used to live there, at least.
Garriott’s epic digs can now be yours — if you’ve got a spare $4 million lying around.
There hasn’t been a lot of news from the 
world of Britannia lately, but design guru Richard Garriott is ready to change that.
The godfather of role-playing games has announced plans to bring his famous alter-ego to the world of social gaming. Lord British’s New Britannia (a working title) is in the early stages of development at Portalarium, his new company.
Gamasutra editor-at-large Chris Morris reports 
from this year’s South by Southwest, discovering a Richard Garriott-pitched Lord British social game and a host of other game-related aspects to the Texas media conference.
Music and film might be the dominant forms of entertainment on display at this year’s South by Southwest gathering, but gaming culture is definitely elbowing its way into the party.
Public game demos and several seminars examining the state of the industry have been on display at the Austin Convention Center since Friday – and some developers (including Richard Garriott) are even using the event to announce new titles.
Chris Morris: Journalist 