Gygax Tableaux…
It has been interesting to watch the geek culture scene via Web Comics and their Tributes (or lack there of) to Gary Gygax.
My fave is the GU one since it just looks right and the ending is perfect (I mean there is box text and everything. :) ) .
But Penny Arcade, Order of the Stick (with the mention of the Sphere of Annihilation in the statue from “Tomb of Horrors” being an amusing touch), Full Frontal Nerdity’s “1” is very fitting and of course for the world building geek GM there is the Dork Tower comic.
Lastly there is KODT’s “Eulogy for a Gamer”:
There is an empty chair, at the table this day.
A hallowed place where, a friend once played.
The roll of his dice, my ears long to hear.
Or perhaps it would suffice, if he should suddenly appear.
With character sheet in hand, and a bag of Cheeze-doodles to share.
All his friends would stand, as he sat in the empty chair.
I hear his voice a-callin’, and it ties my heart in a knot.
For he cries, “Though a comrade has fallen, You must play for those who cannot.”
We conquered worlds on the run, he and I in the name of fun.
And as others may come and go, I make both friend and foe.
But what I long for most, is our past now long a ghost.