I know I said xkcd had the last word on Gary Gygax, but I really like this New York Times flowchart detailing how all nerd culture stems from Dungeons and Dragons. Gygax has reached the Kurt Vonnegut/Hunter S. Thomas summit of Internet grief; it's a rare thing to have so many nerdy guys mourning at once. Via Boing Boing.

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One last eulogy for Gary Gygax, from xkcd.

Friend of the show Isaac Cates eulogizes Gary Gygax. I just read the modules, too.

The world's nerds have lost one of their patron saints: Gary Gygax, creator of Dungeons and Dragons, has died.