04-09-2009, 04:02 PM
Wired Magazine's report
I whiled away many a late night playing this uber-nerd game in high school and college. What did I get out of it ?
A more refined sense of probability and statistics.
A more refined ability to do mental math (see above).
A more refined sense of time and space (we didn't use miniatures or hex boards, it was all played in our heads).
A stronger sense of the absurd (playing with people with sick senses of humor helped).
A stronger story-writing skill set.
A fascination with swords, which led to fencing classes, which led to captaining a squad in the only NCAA championship my school has ever had, and a potential Olympic bid that was cut short by a permanent injury (alas).
It's a pity that both Gary Gygax and now Dave Arneson are gone. I hope their game lives on, improving the creativity skillset of freaks and geeks for years to come.
I whiled away many a late night playing this uber-nerd game in high school and college. What did I get out of it ?
A more refined sense of probability and statistics.
A more refined ability to do mental math (see above).
A more refined sense of time and space (we didn't use miniatures or hex boards, it was all played in our heads).
A stronger sense of the absurd (playing with people with sick senses of humor helped).
A stronger story-writing skill set.
A fascination with swords, which led to fencing classes, which led to captaining a squad in the only NCAA championship my school has ever had, and a potential Olympic bid that was cut short by a permanent injury (alas).
It's a pity that both Gary Gygax and now Dave Arneson are gone. I hope their game lives on, improving the creativity skillset of freaks and geeks for years to come.