Richard Garriott Interview

The Space Review had the opportunity to chat with Destination Games' Richard Garriott, in which the former Ultima developer talks about space tourism of all things. Here's a quick question tossed in about games, though:
Q: Did you ever imagine that the US video game market would grow to $10 billion per year to rival the movie industry when you started as a lowly programmer?

Garriott: No idea! In fact, my family used to say (When this game industry windfall runs its course, you can go back to school and get a real job!)