Thursday, March 06, 2008

Gary Gygax dead

A reader alerted me to the fact that Gary Gygax died this week. He was one of the inventors of Dungeons & Dragons, and thus a great many of the features and conventions we see even in modern MMORPGs go back directly to his creative genius. Not only D&D players will mourn his passing.
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8 comments:

  1. Anonymous7/3/08 03:43

    There's a comic at GU Comics dedicated to his passing. It's very good.

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  2. Anonymous7/3/08 06:04

    http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0536.html

    And another.

    RIP, Mr. Gygax

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  3. Anonymous7/3/08 10:17

    one of the few who added a little colour to this grey world...

    rest in peace...

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  4. Anonymous7/3/08 12:55

    Well said Anroth,

    I can recall a time in mmorpgs when most players raised on D&D would have known who GG was and of his great contribution to the genre.

    Alas, I'd be amazed if even one in a thousand of the WoW generation even recognised the same. :(

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  5. Chris S.7/3/08 15:03

    While we're collecting remembrances - here one from John Kovalic (of Munchkin and Dork Tower fame) http://archive.gamespy.com/comics/dorktower/images/comics/dorktower625.gif

    Cheers Gary, and thanks for all the fish!

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  6. Anonymous7/3/08 15:36

    He reffed me in a game of Dangerous Journeys!

    Probably one of the neater moments of my gaming career )

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  7. Anonymous7/3/08 17:11

    I still have my old, well-worn AD&D books, and spent many fun hours playing.
    Thanks, Mr. Gygax, for the good times! May he rest in peace.

    PS -- On the main WoW community site, Blizzard posted a short, but very kind, memoriam and tribute to Mr. Gygax. (Dated 3-4-08)

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  8. Anonymous8/3/08 05:13

    this is old news

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