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# Notable Garry Gygax
1938 - Still Slaying Dragons
Gary is best known as the author of the well known fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) in 1974 to the dislike of Christians and Conservatives the world over. Though Gary Gygax is not attributed to any major software development, without his series of fantasy creations every single fantasy adventure game you’ve played since getting out of diapers would more likely be based off the Cabbage Patch doll. Dungeons and Dragons single handedly is the most influential piece of work for MMO and numerous other PC Games.
Weird Facts: Gary Gygax appeared on a
Futurama episode, "Anthology of Interest I" (aired in 2000), during
which he rolled dice to decide on what greeting to give when introduced
to Fry ("It's a... *roll* ...pleasure to meet you."). Later, he gives
his "+1 mace" to Fry to fight off the inhabitants of the future. The
episode ends with Gary dungeon mastering a Dungeons & Dragons game
with Fry, Al Gore, Nichelle Nichols, Stephen Hawking, and Deep Blue.
In the MMORPG version of Dungeons and
Dragons, Dungeons & Dragons Online, Gygax serves as Dungeon Master
for the "Delera's Tomb" quest chain.
In the arcade Beat-'em-up Dungeons
& Dragons: Tower of Doom, "Gygax" is the highest scoring name on
the ranking list by default.
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