Richard Garriott probably spends as much time in New York as he does in Austin, and arguably his family home is in the Big Apple. And in an exclusive interview with Polygon, he happily shows off the now-completed Manhattan brownstone dwelling in all its sixteen foot-wide, five story-tall glory.

After going on a half-day tour of the home with Garriott, it’s hard to pinpoint what left the greatest impression. There is the entry way wall-sized cabinet designed to illustrate the entire history of the universe from that first spark to space travel. There is the basement of automatons, part of the world’s largest collection of the automated and sometimes ancient toys. There is the cellar sidewalk vault, the hidden doors and secret puzzle room. Or maybe it was the very real Sputnik (he owns original versions of both Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2) and the mummy hand, shrunken heads and vampire hunting kits.

This home, Garriott’s latest, is really just the real world version of a place to house a lifetime’s worth of loot, the physical expression of a man who loves to turn everything, be they a video game or a place to go to sleep at night, into an adventure.

Garriott sees his houses as a manifestation of the same drive that motivates him to create games. His daughter Kinga even has a colletion of automatons that he has started for her, and her room is accessible via secret passage. That kid is going to have an awesome childhood!

We even get to see a glimpse of Garriott using the telepresence robot that is his virtual avatar when he isn’t in the Portalarium offices. Its navigation is…not as reliable as one might hope.