The Associated Press is reporting that Gary Gygax, one of the co-creators of Dungeons & Dragons, is dead today at age 69. He had been suffering ill health for several years, according to his wife.Dungeons and Dragons birthed the idea of the modern RPG as we know it -- conventions such as hit points, character classes, leveling and countless others were shaped by the pen and paper game, if not outright stolen from it. The seminal game was an explicit influence for countless video game developers, from Ultima's Richard Garriott to Deus Ex's Harvey Smith.
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My condolences to his family.
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much of my childhood spent on what he created.
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BTW, Gygax has to have attained lich-hood by now.
Well, thanks Gary.
I sense a lot of magic missiles in my future :D
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RIP, respect, and all that.
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Never played D&D, but have always enjoyed RPG games based on the rules and principles. My condolences to his family.
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The man is a legend.
So sad.
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Wizardry spawned all of the RPG's. Yes, even the JRPG's.
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Many weekends in junior high spent playing AD&D eventually trickled down to 'occasional games' once high school started, but the memories are forever.
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I'm so sad to hear that he is gone, but his legacy lives on in every new game that comes out. Farewell, good sir. You have done what few can claim - you have made the world a better place on a massive scale.
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/roll 20
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Peace.
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I thought we were talking about one of the creaters of D&D?
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Without D&D, we'd have no Final Fantasy and no Dragon Quest, among a multitude of other things.
RIP.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RePL0iLe9I
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Nate said it best: this man is the grandfather of all forms of gaming. For what are video games, but highly sophisticated number crunching?
R.I.P.
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And on topic:
That's a shame. No more Futurama appearances for Gary.
Probably the same thing he thought of Atheism when he was alive. But there's no way to no for sure what he's thinking now because he is dead. And anyone who claims to know what actually happens when we die is either a fool, a liar, or an idiot.