Richard Garriott (Lord British), the creator of the Ultima series of computer role playing games, is currently whizzing above our heads as the world’s latest space tourist.

I wanted to write a witty post about it, including a screenshot of part of Ultima I where your fantasy hero pilots a spaceship.  But, Chris the Artful Gamer beat me to it.  His post “Ultima creator Richard Garriott Preparing to go to Space, possibly to destroy Minax” has some handy info about Garriott’s trip, including a link to a site Garriott set up just for the trip, and notes on who’s financing it.

He also made the exact same joke I was going to make:

This is all well and good, but crucial questions remain: Where will Richard find enough Tri-Lithium to power the rocket? Will he find Planet X and Father Antos?

(if you got that joke, you are truly truly geeky)