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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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He Chose His Own Adventure.(Periscope; Transition)(Gary Gygax)(In memoriam)

Article from: Newsweek Article date: March 17, 2008

GARY GYGAX, 69, Co-Creator Of Dungeons & Dragons

A hero to self-proclaimed geeks everywhere, Gygax watched his pioneering role-playing game explode into a $1 billion phenomenon. Warren Spector, creative director at Disney Interactive Studios, shared these thoughts about his late colleague with NEWSWEEK's N'Gai Croal:

Everybody in the electronic-gaming industry should get down on their knees once a day, face north and give thanks to Gary. As sophisticated and mainstream as videogames have become, we have them ...

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