ӝTheHalcyon
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Goodbye, Gary...We'll Miss You
- March 5, 2008 - 3:38pm
- Mood: devestated
- Watching: my own tears fall
- Listening: The Battle of Evermoore by Led Zeppelin
- Reading: the bad news
- Drinking: heavily
AP: Dungeons & Dragons Co-Creator Dies at 69
By EMILY FREDRIX – 13 hours ago
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (AP) — A sad day for fans of role-playing games: The man who co-created Dungeons & Dragons is dead.
Gary Gygax died Tuesday morning at his home in Lake Geneva, Wis. His wife Gail says the 69-year-old had been suffering from health problems for several years.
Gygax and Dave Arneson developed Dungeons & Dragons in 1974 using medieval characters and mythical creatures. The game known for its oddly shaped dice eventually was turned into video games, books and movies.
It's considered the grandfather of fantasy role-playing games and has inspired legions of adoring fans. Gygax's wife says he always enjoyed hearing from them.
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More information can be found here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/a…80304/ap_en_ot/obit_gygax
http://www.theage.com.au/…/03/05/1204402530445.html
http://blog.wired.com/und…8/03/report-gary-gyg.html
Comments
ӝfluffy
エリート
bits.c:482: error: 'long long long' is too long for GCC
ӝTheHalcyon
Pirate Cap'n, Reckless Thinker, Riot Mother
P.S. -- that's you grabbing my ass, btw.
Haly
ӝspot
Chief Instigator
I, Gamer!
ӝTheHalcyon
Pirate Cap'n, Reckless Thinker, Riot Mother
Haly
ɤPokemanz
Has Caught Them All
-casts resurrect-
Gahh, doesn't work. D;
I tried. ; ;
Poor guy.
I've been dreaming about you, in a pool of your own blood.
ɤKiyoshi
Final Fantasy Fangirl
"At the end, everything you thought mattered burns
away and all that’s left is love and ashes." --Doug, http://hourofarrival.net
ɤantimatter58
Kills People While They Type
ӝTheHalcyon
Pirate Cap'n, Reckless Thinker, Riot Mother
Haly
ɤSilentkey
Wipes Groups For Fun
ѻmick-mick
All Your Base Are Belong To Me
Very sad.
I'm a gamer, He's a gamer, She's a gamer, We some gamers,
Wouldn't you like to be a gamer too?
ɤFrew
Retro Gamer
What a following to leave behind? Whereever he may be, I can bet you he's saying to the guy next to him.
"Hey, you know video games? Like, y'know Final Fantasy? Yeah, those games, well, I made the game that inspired those games. What did you do?"
Don't you all feel too bad for him! He must've had a pretty decent life, family, prestige, happiness, I suppose. Not to mention the dude lived to the age of 69, pretty old by any means.
None the less, later Gary!
The Cake is a Spy!
ɤkyle
All Your Base Are Belong To Me
anyways, this is sad. but what's even more sad is that while i read about his death i pictured thousands of nerds dying on the inside.
ӝTheHalcyon
Pirate Cap'n, Reckless Thinker, Riot Mother
Haly
ɤkyle
All Your Base Are Belong To Me
ɤkyle
All Your Base Are Belong To Me
ɤkyle
All Your Base Are Belong To Me
ɤkyle
All Your Base Are Belong To Me
ɤkyle
All Your Base Are Belong To Me
ɤkyle
All Your Base Are Belong To Me
ɤSWI
Remembers What Arcades Are
For the HORDE!
ӝTheHalcyon
Pirate Cap'n, Reckless Thinker, Riot Mother
Haly
ɤSWI
Remembers What Arcades Are
For the HORDE!