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Gary Gygax's Video Gaming Legacy
In the fall of 1972, Dave Arneson gathered a group of friends around a table in Gary Gygax's Lake Geneva Wisconsin home and changed the gaming world forever. After that fateful weekend gaming session, Gygax took Arneson's notes, and using rules form his own fantasy miniatures game Chainmail, created the game that would go on to sell millions of copies around the world - Dungeons & Dragons. A huge accomplishment for a couple of gaming geeks, but it was only the beginning. Dungeons & Dragons spread beyond the tabletop into the hearts and minds of some of the earliest pioneers of gaming. Now one of the fathers of role-playing has passed on, but Gary Gygax's legacy lives on in the video games we play. In honor of this great man, let's take a look at the influence his work has had on our favorite pastime.
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Superbarrio, Cares Not for the Princesses
Many of you will have heard of Superbarrio before. Because for the past ten years, he's been an active symbol of protection for the poor and working class in Mexico City. Participating in protests and leading petitions, he is a needed by the needy and works for the working. But how did he choose his name?
I opened my eyes and found myself as you see me with a voice telling me, 'You are Superbarrio...I can't stop a plane or a train single-handed, but I can keep a family from being evicted.
But could Superbarrio (translating to 'super neighborhood') be Superbarrio without his world-famous, rhyming counterpart, Super Mario? Of course not. He'd just be Super Sweet Fat Guy. So thank-you, Nintendo, for all you've done. And Superbarrio, you're alright, too.
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