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Dungeons & Dragons: The Pen and Paper Video Game

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Shared on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 10:52
From Gamasutra.com:


In a fitting tribute to late Dungeons & Dragons co-creator Gary Gygax (pictured above), Volition designer Monje examines Gygax's massive legacy, suggesting that D&D was "the progenitor of most contemporary video games, irrespective of genre."

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Submitted by Markus on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 11:12
That was a good, albeit late, story.
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Submitted by supergg2k on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 11:21
I think I posted something about Gygax passing away right when it happened...I thought this article was great because it shows just how ahead of the curve he really was and highlights how a lot of the mechanics in today's games that we take for granted were his innovations, mostly.

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