Archive for March, 2008

R.I.P. Gary Gygax

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Gary Gygax, father of the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, died today. I have always made fun of people like myself who  grew up geeking out in the basement talking about armor class, saving throws and hit points.  (And I always will.)   Still, the honest truth is that I owe a lot to that [...]

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new show review: Unhitched

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

I’ve heard many an industry professional–and not the unwise kind, mind you–declare the death of the sitcom. With poor ratings and countless failures to make it out of pilot over the last half decade, one must concede a severe low point for the art form. Still, one has to believe we’ll always want comic relief [...]

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