Gary Gygax created the world

I recommend the New York Times tribute to Gary Gygax -- as many of these things are, it says what I wish I had said myself.

Very good stuff.

The Geek Gods

Every now and then one will get into one of those late night convention or web forum discussion about the people that everyone on the slightly geeky side look up to.

In every one of those discussions, Gary Gygax would end up as one of those names on the list, no matter how much or how little role playing games you actually did. If you're in this sort of subculture -- Gary Gygax had an influence that reached beyond just the hard core gaming community.

So his legacy is there -- even if you, like me, haven't role played in a very long time.

Still Alive Rock Band

Jonathan Coulton performs "Still Alive" in Rock Band from Joy Stiq on Vimeo.

Fantasy Flight

Twin Cities geeks would find an article about local game company Fantasy Flight very interesting -- it's good to see how much success they've had, and it looks like they've got some interesting new game licenses, including Battlestar Galactica.

Video Games as you've never seen them before

This is cool:

Apple to Apple

We were trying to play Apples To Apples with only three people today, and it wasn't as interesting judging with only two cards. And the box has a minimum of four players.

So we decided the best way to change it up is to draw additional cards as an additional "random player". At the very least, it was funny, and the additional player would occasionally win a turn. And while the winner was usually still one of the players, it was frequently difficult to determine which of the two losing cards came from the player and which one was added randomly.