I think I would lose a certain amount of Dork street cred if I failed to mention the passing of Gary Gygax yesterday. The thing I find truly ironic is that when my wife called to tell me that Gygax was dead I was in the middle of running a mutant version of Keep on the Borderlands.
I have heard from people that actually knew Gygax that the fellow was a bit of a loon about his product, but what can you expect out of someone that accidentally created a cultural phenomenon? When Drunken Pumpkin becomes a part of the geek landscape and is talked about in as many languages as Dungeons and Dragons I think Jeff and I will be pretty weird about what is “canonical” and what isn’t. At least I will. When I think about it. Or when I see some jerk wearing a shirt with my logo on it that I didn’t make any money off of. Yeah.
Okay, now I’m off to lift heavy things and put them in a new house. Tune in next time when I’ll try to sell you something. Or maybe not.
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