How nerdy are you?This week Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons, died. A whole generation of pasty dice-obsessed nerds owes him big time. Me included.
So, in his honour, how nerdy were you? Are you still sunlight-averse? What are the sad little things you do that nobody else understands?
As an example, a B3ta regular who shall remain nameless told us, "I spent an entire school summer holiday getting my BBC Model B computer to produce filthy stories from an extensive database of names, nouns, adjectives, stock phrases and deviant sexual practices. It revolutionised the porn magazine dirty letter writing industry for ever.
Revel in your own nerdiness.
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chthonic, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 10:32)
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I never bought itbecause that was the album where Waters essentially declared himself to be Pink Floyd, with the others simply as backup to his genius. He berated Richard Wright to the point where he quit the band and didn't want to perform anymore, and completely alienated Gilmour as well. He showed himself to be an egomaniacal asshole, from everything that I've read and heard in interviews. For a fact, The Wall has far too much Waters and not enough of the rest of the band- it was basically Roger telling the world how this person screwed him up in this way and that person screwed him up in that way, and how he was just a sensitive and misunderstood soul. Waaah waaah waaah, wank wank wank. It pissed me off completely and made me really dislike Waters.
Pink Floyd was one of the greatest collaborations between four very talented and brilliant people, and no single one of them can claim credit for their success. I'm glad that Waters and Gilmour finally came to peace with each other, but I'm still not a fan of Waters and refuse to buy that album.
But that's just my take on it...
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The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Thu 6 Mar 2008, 22:00,
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