Richard Garriott (aka Lord British) is a longtime friend and colleague. Plus he's the only other guy in my industry (that I know of) who's also been to Antarctica. ;) Here's a recent interview with him, where he talks about some of his original games such as Ultima, some of his recent projects, and about his parting of the ways from Electronic Arts, and then joining of forces with the insanely popular Korean game company, NC Soft. For reference, the largest multiplayer games in the U.S., such as EverQuest, have a few hundred thousand subscribers. The NCSoft game "Lineage," in Korea, has four *million* subscribers.

Interview with Richard Garriott