It's a dark day... in your friend's parents' basement

It's the end of an era. Gary Gygax, creator of Dungeons & Dragons, has slipped this mortal coil. (AP via CNN)

"It really meant a lot to him to hear from people from over the years about how he helped them become a doctor, a lawyer, a policeman, what he gave them," [Gygax's wife] said. "He really enjoyed that."

[I realize that this post does not exactly fit the "sci-fi" tag, so I am hereby creating a new and much-needed one: "geekdom."]