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Richard Garriott

Richard Allen Garriott de Cayeux (né Garriott; born July 4, 1961) is an American video game developer and entrepreneur. Although both his parents were American, he maintains dual British and American citizenship by birth.Garriott, who is the son of NASA astronaut Owen Garriott, was originally a game designer and programmer, and is now involved in a number of aspects of computer-game development. On October 12, 2008, Garriott flew aboard the Soyuz TMA-13 mission to the International Space Station as a private astronaut, returning 12 days later aboard Soyuz TMA-12. He became the second astronaut, and first from the United States, to have a parent who was also a space traveler. During his ISS flight, he filmed a science fiction movie Apogee of Fear.Garriott founded the video game development company Portalarium in 2009. He was CEO and creative director of Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues. until 2018 when he shed the title, later relinquishing all Shroud of the Avatar assets to Catnip Games in 2019.

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