Posted By: sandybryant on

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008, 4:50 pm

It’s not often a person can be said to have changed the world in any way. Gygax was one such person. I’m only a small time gamer, but I know that all the RPGs I’ve played are based on that game he created in the 1970s. Tolkien may have been the inspiration, but it took Gygax to make fantasy into a game.

‘Tis a pity that the man who invented the saving roll in the end rolled badly against cancer. If there is an afterlife, I’d like to think that Gygax is there putting up his screen and inviting the angels to roll up characters…

Tags: gaming

Posted By: rvergel on

Thursday, February 1st, 2007, 9:01 pm

Here's one that's sure get at least half (or so) of you fired up. In speaking with the New York Times, Sony Computer Entertainment of America spokesperson Dave Karraker was boasting about how "100,000" PlayStation 3 units were being shipped stateside each week, and were continuing to "sell out" nationwide. Aside from the fact that a large majority of the country can find, secure, and purchase a PS3 now without worry over being shot up or forced to pay ridiculous prices, Mr. Karraker proceeded to dig himself a little deeper by insinuating that Sony's latest console is "much more powerful and should therefore be regarded as being in a different category." As if sparks weren't already about to fly, he then stated that Nintendo's Wii "could be considered an impulse buy more than anything else," simultaneously slamming any citizen who doesn't consider $250 a drop in the bucket and indirectly proclaiming that millions upon millions of Americans are still unable to resist their "impulses" by snapping up Wii units as quick as they arrive. Of course, he attributed the vast shortage of Wii consoles to Nintendo's stingy shipments, but the Big N's vice president of marketing, Perrin Kaplan, simply deemed that "absolutely inaccurate." So, inquiring minds are dying to know: was your Wii purchase well-planned, or are you still coping with buyer's remorse?

Tags: nintendo, gaming, wii