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ebony14E. Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons and icon of the roleplaying game industry, has died. His death puts into perspective how long I've been gaming (D&D was first published around '75, and I started gaming in '80). It's a little overwhelming.
EDIT: As someone on a forum I read pointed out, we have a trifecta of deaths today: Mr. Gygax, Star Trek Author Janet Kagan, and blues guitarist Jeff Healey. And now you know....
EDIT: As someone on a forum I read pointed out, we have a trifecta of deaths today: Mr. Gygax, Star Trek Author Janet Kagan, and blues guitarist Jeff Healey. And now you know....
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Date: 2008-03-04 06:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-04 07:38 pm (UTC)*twitch*
Wow.
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Date: 2008-03-05 02:40 am (UTC)Out of all the tributes, I think I liked Order of the Stick the best.
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Date: 2008-03-05 12:50 pm (UTC)