His Last Words Were "HUZZAH!"

[bloodyrosemccoy]

Okay, I never actually have roleplayed, and don’t consider myself much of a gamer.* I have too much control freak in me for that—and anyway, I wrestle enough with my NPCs characters without having other people complicate it.

But I am a geek.

And as a proud geek, identifying with all the assorted geeks, gamers, nerds, comic book guys, and dorks out there in our little world, I must salute Gary Gygax. My only actual impression may have come from his guest star role on Futurama (“Either put the dice away, or I take them away!”), but by god the man influenced the hell out of me through so many indirect sources it’s rather alarming.

Thanks, Gary. You have aided geeks everywhere in embracing their geekdom. Well done.


*What with the peril to my immortal soul and all, you know.**

**Sorry. I can never resist that one, even in a eulogy. It's just so weird.

Comments

[tiryn.livejournal.com]

I guess I should never play D&D for fear of offending Jesus. =P (Where the hell did you find that thing??)

[wyndfire.livejournal.com]

The world lost a little bit of its fantasy.... RIP Mr. Gygax.

[shadesofmauve]

*reads about peril*

That...

it...

D'you know, I read all the way to the bottom thinking "This is totally wacky!" and waiting for the punchline?

It's probably good that those people don't know that in one D&D game we played we totally pwned the baby jebus (we didn't have monster figures and made do with a small nativity set).

[http://users.livejournal.com/_wastrel/]

When I'm in my more spiritually ambivalent moments, I've considered throwing myself into paganism and joining a coven just so I can say "I did it because I played D&D!"

There goes the man who bespelled generations of gamers.