The Sunday New York Times had an interesting farewell piece to Mr. Gary Gygax, co-creator of the popular role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons.
The universe contained within the D & D game draws a lot from old mythology and archetypes of heroes and villains. Adam Rogers, a senior editor at Wired Magazine has some interesting thoughts on the impact that both Gygax and D & D have had on our culture (everything from modern on-line gaming to avatars on Facebook.) Check it out:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/opinion/09rogers.html
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