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Last week Silvercube decried “The Generic Game based on a Movie.” I agree. Typically games based on movies are soulless hack jobs, intellectual rail shooters, quickly, cheaply, and poorly rushed out to the shelves in order to hit target dates set by accountants, not programmers. However, here are five movies, which I think would be pretty good games. Battle Royale (Kinji Fukasaku, 2000) In near-future Japan, the government selects a middle school class to compet... more

Gary Gygax, ‘Father of D&D,’ Dies at 69 Gary Gygax, one of the co-creators of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, died Tuesday morning at his home in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, according to Stephen Chenault, CEO of Troll Lord Games. During Revenge of the Sith, when Obi-Wan warned Anakin that he was on higher ground, I pointed out to my wife that it gave Obi-Wan +2 to attack. *sniff* ... more

News of Dungeonmaster Gary Gygax’s death yesterday came with the requisite number of puns. “Failed his saving throw” was the most popular with “ran out of hitpoints” coming in second. I started thinking how other deaths might be announced: Sid Meier’s turn ended Billy Mitchell reached the kill screen Bill Gates encountered a fatal error John Romero lost his deathmatch Jack Thompson was permanently disbarred Ron Gilbert missed the rubber tree ... more

I have to admit, I’m thrilled at how well received my interview with Dr. Olson was. ... more