You knew I couldn’t stay away!
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Straight out of “Let’s Pretend We’re Hollywood Types”: The Powers that Be at Gencon in conjunction with the EN World awards “ENnies” decided to give Lifetime Achievement Awards this year. Now what would prompt them to do that? Hrm. Could it be because of the death of Gary Gygax?
Wait a minute. The INDUSTRY decides to finally give respect to the godfather of RPG games? After years of basically crapping on him? If RPGs have taught me anything, it is that glory and riches only come during the adventure, not after the character’s death. I hope Gary is giving them all the Finger from the Halls of Pelor.
Oh, and of course, we can’t give anything to Gary, even though he has passed, and not give something to Dave Arneson too. I bet that pissed off Arneson in some fashion. Remember that in 1979, Arneson filed the first lawsuit (of five) against Gygax and TSR Hobbies (D&D’s publisher) over crediting and royalties on later adapted versions of Dungeons & Dragons. Arneson left D&D/TSR and they resolved the suits out of court in 1981, but this did not end the lingering tensions between them. The court documents are confidential and neither party may talk about the issues involved. It was resolved, however, that they are “co-creators.” To me, it makes it look like that the only reaon that Arneson is getting a lifetime achievement aware is because of Gary’s death. If I were Dave, I’d have told them to look out for my flyby pigeon poop to the head.
From our “Let’s Start the Backpedal” Department, Wizards of the Coast has announced plans to revise the Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Game System License (GSL) and System Reference Document (SRD). The revisions are being made in response to feedback from third-party publishers. No release date for the revisions has been named, but the announcement said they will be available “in the very near future.”
See the full announcement
JD Wiker has a good article on Good Guy/Bad Guy. As in, “Why can’t a paladin be a big bad?”
From our “Now our collective Autumn is completely going to SUCK” Department: Big news coming out of the Warner Brothers camp, who have just announced that the next Harry Potter flick will no longer hit theatres this year. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which was originally slated for release on November 11th, has now been pushed back to July 17th, 2009. The move apparently has nothing to do with a need for reshoots or post-production work; rather, it was a strategic move by the studio who are in desperate need of a summer blockbuster for next year. Bastards. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is planned for Nov. 19th, 2010.
no. That’s not TRUE. THAT’S IMPOSSIBLE!! no, no NO NO NOOOOOOO! The Wheel weaves and the Wheel wills, I guess. Damnit. What Hollywood starlet are they going to find to tug on her hair constantly?
From our “Holy Crap! People STILL play these games?!” Department: Sony Online Entertainment has announced new expansions for both Everquest and Everquest 2. The announcement came at SOE’s Fan Faire today.
Le Sigh. An article on the Latino Review.com Website by George Roush claims that an anonymous source “deep within the bowels of Hollywood” is reporting that Lionsgate wants The Punisher: War Zone movie released with a PG-13 rating and that there is a considerable behind-the-scenes struggle going on concerning what the final cut of the film will look like.
More: Holy Crap! Watch out for inflatable dog turds! A giant inflatable dog turd by American artist Paul McCarthy blew away from an exhibition in the garden of a Swiss museum, bringing down a power line and breaking a greenhouse window before it landed again, the museum says.
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He is back with a vengeance. Long Live the round up!