Richard Garriott still has a long braid. Twenty some-odd years after the release of his very first game, Akallabeth, Garriott still manages to project the eclectic, vaguely Renaissance style that made him a familiar icon to millions of RPG fans as "Lord British", the immortal ruler of the fantasy world of Britannia. True, the hair now has flecks of gray in it, and his eyes bear the weight of experience that's missing in pictures of his younger avatar. The one thing that hasn't changed is the passion that drives him - the desire to create worlds.