sigtrent (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} sigtrent) wrote,@ 2008-03-04 13:30:00 |
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Gary Gygax Thoughts
You can’t really say enough good things about Gary Gygax in terms of geekdom. I never met him but he never felt very far away. I was the icon and the spirit behind a game that has shaped a good deal of my life and who I am. There were of course many others who put their soul into it, including myself, but we all walked a path that in many ways he walked first.
I don’t believe in life after death or resurrection or the like. But I do think that everyone and everything has a soul of sorts. It isn’t a ghost or spirit but the force of their life felt by everyone and everything around them. As you live your life it touches everything and ripples out entwining and changing the souls of others in an endless wave. So for me, Gary Gygax’s soul has been a companion of mine for some time. His spirit and imagination has shaped so many parts of my life it would be impossible to separate and identify them. It will go on that way long past his death, and I’ll be passing it on to everyone I know as well.
I’m rarely sad when someone dies after a life well lived. I don’t think there is anything more you can ask for in this world. I feel good that every time I roll some dice and play with my friends that I’m keeping his spirit alive in the world.
