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Adventure Blog posts insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domain of the adventure facet of life. Adventure-Blog: Great-Adventures News Gary Gygax Departs on His Last Great Adventure: March 4, 2008 by Shawn
Gary Gygax, one of the seminal influences of today’s videogames, has left for his final and greatest adventure. He leaves behind a legacy of creativity and imagination that has touched more lives than can be counted. Gygax was the co-founder of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. This week’s The Analog Gamer will focus on the man and his influence on videogames as well as table top games. Here’s the story from the Associated Press. Gary Gygax, who co-created the fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons and helped start the role-playing phenomenon, died Tuesday morning at his home in Lake Geneva. He was 69. He had been suffering from health problems for several years, including an abdominal aneurysm, said his wife, Gail Gygax. Gygax and Dave Arneson developed Dungeons & Dragons in 1974 using medieval characters and mythical creatures. The game known for its oddly shaped dice became a hit, particularly among teenage boys, and eventually was turned into video games, books and movies. Gygax always enjoyed hearing from the game’s legion of devoted fans, many of whom would stop by the family’s home in Lake Geneva, about 55 miles southwest of Milwaukee, his wife said. Despite his declining health, he hosted weekly games of Dungeons & Dragons as recently as January, she said. “It really meant a lot to him to hear from people from over the years about how he helped them become a doctor, a lawyer, a policeman, what he gave them,” Gygax said. “He really enjoyed that.” Dungeons & Dragons players create fictional characters and carry out their adventures with the help of complicated rules. The quintessential geek pastime, it spawned a wealth of copycat games and later inspired a whole genre of computer games that’s still growing in popularity. Funeral arrangements are pending. Besides his wife, Gygax is survived by six children. Adventure Blog Comment:
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