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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ComicsOh I was seriously into comics as a wee boy - Marvel, DC, Fleetway ..... I loved em all.
But I grew out of it when I doscovered booze, ladies etc.
Then, a couple of years ago, I went into Forbidden Planet to buy a present for a mate, just for old times sake. And Oh My God - the comics you can buy nowadays! And the Action Figures! It's like a comic come to life!
I've just about managed to keep the book side of things under control, given that I am an adult now and hold down a respectable job - but as I write this I can turn around and see Captain America, Ultimate Iron Man, Judge Dredd, Superman, The Wasp, Thor and Warbird staring back at me from my shelf ..... And I can't help thinking that all my little display needs is The Hulk to be complete.
I hide them when friends come to visit, too. I can do nothing about the two pages of original 2000 AD artwork hanging in frames in the kitchen, tho. Good thing our visitors think it's a display of kitsch cool.
Length? Usually seven to nine inches of moulded, poseable plastic.
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