Tonight’s Friday Night Nerd is special. As some of you may already know, Gary Gygax passed away this last March 4th. Gary Gygax was the co-creator of the Dungeons and Dragons tabletop roleplaying system, and considered by many to be the grandfather of all pen and paper roleplaying. As such, he was probably as close to “King Nerd” as anyone.
Although Gygax lost control of TSR (the company behind D&D) fairly quickly, his contributions to gaming and culture in general have left their mark. For me, he is probably responsible for more hours of quality entertainment than anyone other than Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek.
Fear not though, fellow nerds. Although Gary Gygax may have failed his saving throw vs. Death, we can be sure he is traveling the ethereal plane combating evil in another realm. That or he turned himself into a Lich with 8-12 hit dice, and is waiting for unwary adventurers in the lowest levels of a dungeon somewhere.
-Andy
Well, nobody has said anything. I think it’s the best Friday night nerd.
Fine, I’ll say something! Was Gary Gygax’s passing so painful to you that you couldn’t have written about anything else in the past two weeks? If it was I’m sorry for your loss, but I have a feeling that you’re just getting lazy!
Tony: Nope, I’m just right in the middle of something big. New design and new updates are coming soon, I just haven’t had the time to work on them in a couple weeks.
Sure, that’s what they all say, I have almost given up…
nice painting dude. Cool website, I’m diggin’ it. The .GIF critique theatre cracks me up.
Hurry up, Andy. I need my SA fix.
Same here I’m like a crackhead…
didn’t find your entrecard badge, which is really annoying
Posting a comment about worthless Entrecard is pretty annoying too. I don’t even know how you would find this place through Entrecard anymore since I am not really listed anymore.
I just noticed that your d4 is messed up, you wouldn’t be able to tell what your dice roll was, unless it’s the side it landed on. You are wrong good sir and I hope you rot in hell for being so wrong…
MAN I FUCKING NEED AN UPDATE SO BAD JUST GIVE ME ONE NEW FRIDAY NIGHT NERD! JUST ONE!
Hurry Up, Andy!!!