{"product_id":"the-best-of-here-s-lucy-collection-dvd-0030306797199","title":"The Best of Here's Lucy Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe inspiring memoir from legendary entrepreneur, gaming pioneer, and space adventurer Richard Garriott -- game god (\u003cem\u003ePC Gamer\u003c\/em\u003e) and inspiration for \u003cem\u003eReady Player One\u003c\/em\u003e -- \u003cem\u003eExplore\/Create \u003c\/em\u003einvites us on a grand adventure, introducing us to the wondrous and magical\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Garriott's story begins with an Apple I and a dream. At eighteen, he spent his entire life savings -- two hundred dollars -- to produce \u003cem\u003eAkalabeth\u003c\/em\u003e, his first video game. That covered the floppy discs and the Ziploc bags the game was sold in; his mother drew the cover art. The first week they sold maybe a dozen copies, but soon after, the California Pacific Computer Company came calling, asking to publish the game. These were the Wild West days of the game industry -- hard partying, outrageous personalities, and fledgling studios trying to make a quick buck.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNever could Richard have foreseen that this would become a multibillion-dollar industry with the top games eclipsing even Hollywood's highest grossing films. He would go on to launch \u003cem\u003eUltima\u003c\/em\u003e, a seminal series of role-playing games. \u003cem\u003eUltima Online\u003c\/em\u003e was the first massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MORPG), and one of \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e's 100 greatest video games ever. Throughout, Richard has aspired to build the most lifelike gaming worlds possible, allowing players to interact with every object on the screen, experience consequences for moral transgressions, and fully personalize their gaming journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAway from the screen, Richard has also pushed the limits of human experience. A lifelong adventurer, he has plumbed the depths of the Atlantic Ocean to see the remains of the \u003cem\u003eTitanic\u003c\/em\u003e and hunted for meteorites in Antarctica, and in 2008 he became one of the first private citizens to travel into space. In 2014, \u003cem\u003eMaxim\u003c\/em\u003e named him one of the Six Most Interesting Men You Can Actually Meet. Here, in his own words, is his extraordinary life story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilled with interactive tie-ins and challenges, \u003cem\u003eExplore\/Create\u003c\/em\u003e is unlike any other memoir, an unforgettable ode to exploration and discovery that will spark the creative impulse in all of us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49824846446865,"sku":"DVDB004XZ99ZUVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/B004XZ99ZU.jpg?v=1751067416","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/the-best-of-here-s-lucy-collection-dvd-0030306797199","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}