I was saddened to hear that Gary Gygox, the co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons and many of the subsequent offspring of the (true) Role Playing Game (i.e. pen to paper; speech; in real time) has passed away at 69.
Not only did he create a real life, imaginative game, but he also set the guidelines for the way that video games would eventually be created and captivate our attention and most of all the way we interact with RPG and melee games.
He’ll be missed by so many, but his legacy is one that can never be replaced and one that has shaped generations of entertainment and people.
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[...] It was only last year I remarked on the loss of the other, perhaps more profiled co-founder, Gary Gygox. Rest in piece, [...]