Richard Garriott Interviews

Richard Garriott, the creator of the Ultima series, has been the subject of numerous interviews throughout his career. The following list endeavors to provide a comprehensive collection of these conversations, which variously detail Garriott's life, philosophies, and his personal thoughts on the Ultima series.

Date	Source	Topics discussed
November 1983	Softline	Ultima III and Ultima IV
June 14, 1984	GameSIG's Online Conference with Lord British (1984)	Ultima IV
October 12, 1985	GameSIG's Online Conference with Lord British (1985)	Ultima IV
1986	GEnie Conference with Lord British	Ultima IV and Ultima V
March 1986	Computer Gaming World No. 26	Ultima IV
June 1987	QuestBusters	Ultima V
July 1987	QuestBusters	Other games
April 13, 1988	The Gamers' Forum's online conference with Lord British	Ultima V, Ultima VI
May 2, 1990	The GAMERS' Forum's ULTIMA VI Conference	Ultima VI, The Savage Empire, Ultima VII
1992	Ultima: The Avatar Adventures	Detailed information about the history and lore of Ultima.
April 23, 1992	Origin archive	Ultima history and recent release of Ultima VII
July 8, 1992	The GAMERS' Forum's ULTIMA VII Conference	Ultima VII, Ultima VII Part Two and Ultima VIII
April 28, 1993	ORIGIN - Richard Garriott and the Ultima series on Today	Ultima series, Ultima VII Part Two preview
December 6, 1993	Usenet - Lord British talks about Ultima VIII in Berlin	Ultima VIII development, Ultima IX, and Ultima Underworld III
April 27, 1994	The GAMERS' Forum's ULTIMA VIII Conference	Ultima VIII
May 1996	Richard Garriott on early Ultima IX Version E3 1996	Ultima IX, Ultima X
September 1996	Lord British Speaks at DragonCon 1996	Ultima IX
October 22, 1996	MSN Q&A with Richard Garriott	Ultima IX, Ultima Online, and other Origin games.
November 13, 1996	Arcadium chat with Richard Garriott	Ultima Online, Ultima series, and gaming in general.
1998	Ultima Collection	Video interviews discussing various aspects of the series.
October–November 1998	Desslock's RPG News interview with Richard Garriott	Nine-part interview covering each game design aspect of Ultima IX.
1999	Prima's Official Guide to Ultima IX: Ascension	A revised reprint of the interview from Ultima: The Avatar Adventures combined with a further discussion about Ultima VII, Ultima VIII, and Ultima IX.
December 2001	Gamespy - Lord British Lives and his Lineage Looks Strong	Lineage, Tabula Rasa, Ultima
July 17, 2002	GamesFirst!	Tabula Rasa, Lineage II
July 17, 2002	Gamasutra	Gaming philosophies
February 10, 2003	Gamespy - A chat with the Lord	Ultima VIII, Ultima IX, Lineage, and his reasons for leaving EA
March 15, 2007	The Guardian	MMOs in general
June 19, 2007	The Escapist	Ultima, Tabula Rasa
November 4, 2007	GamersGlobal	Tabula Rasa, Ultima
November 26, 2007	Warren Spector Master Class interview with Richard Garriott	Three-hour interview conducted for the University of Texas, covering game design, the history of Origin and the Ultima series, Ultima Online, and Tabula Rasa.
April 30, 2009	Crispy Gamer interview, part one	Ultima
May 9, 2009	Crispy Gamer interview, part two	Ultima
	Challenger Center	Experiments in space
	Challenger Center's official YouTube channel	Experiments in space