der_kluge
Adventurer
Ok, so this is a bit long, but ultimately quite fascinating (at least to me).
So, recently, I discovered a website called www.adventurelookup.com. Whoever created this thing deserve a good backrub, or something, because it's awesome. It's a database of D&D modules. So, I was using it to do searches for urban adventures. You can specify specific monsters, level ranges, settings, etc.. So, one of the modules that fit the criteria came from Dungeon issue #7. That comes from the year 1987, for you young punks. I have a digital copy of this issue, so I pulled it up, and began reading it, and unlike 99% of every other dungeon module I'd ever read, I actually liked it, so I decided it would work in my campaign.
I continued reading, and lo and behold yet another module from Dungeon issue #7 also came up, and that one, I also liked! What are the odds that two modules out of the same Dungeon issue would be so interesting. At any rate, I'm looking at the cover for this issue, and the art was done by Paul Jaquays. What?! Now, I'm a huge fan of Jaquays as a writer, but I had no idea that she (now Janelle) was also an artist. So, I pulled up Janelle's Wikipedia entry. Man - what a life! Holy cow. She designed Quake levels for ID, did graphics work for Coleco, and so many other things.
But here's where my head exploded. I had already known the Janelle transitioned, and was in a relationship with another woman. But what I didn't know was that Janelle was married to Rebecca Heineman who was the winner of the 1980 Space Invaders tournament, was featured in a Netflix series on Video Games, which my wife and I watched a couple of months ago, and whom herself also transitioned.
Thus, my head exploded. Man, I'd love to have dinner with those two. What a world of fascinating stories they must have.
So, recently, I discovered a website called www.adventurelookup.com. Whoever created this thing deserve a good backrub, or something, because it's awesome. It's a database of D&D modules. So, I was using it to do searches for urban adventures. You can specify specific monsters, level ranges, settings, etc.. So, one of the modules that fit the criteria came from Dungeon issue #7. That comes from the year 1987, for you young punks. I have a digital copy of this issue, so I pulled it up, and began reading it, and unlike 99% of every other dungeon module I'd ever read, I actually liked it, so I decided it would work in my campaign.
I continued reading, and lo and behold yet another module from Dungeon issue #7 also came up, and that one, I also liked! What are the odds that two modules out of the same Dungeon issue would be so interesting. At any rate, I'm looking at the cover for this issue, and the art was done by Paul Jaquays. What?! Now, I'm a huge fan of Jaquays as a writer, but I had no idea that she (now Janelle) was also an artist. So, I pulled up Janelle's Wikipedia entry. Man - what a life! Holy cow. She designed Quake levels for ID, did graphics work for Coleco, and so many other things.
But here's where my head exploded. I had already known the Janelle transitioned, and was in a relationship with another woman. But what I didn't know was that Janelle was married to Rebecca Heineman who was the winner of the 1980 Space Invaders tournament, was featured in a Netflix series on Video Games, which my wife and I watched a couple of months ago, and whom herself also transitioned.
Thus, my head exploded. Man, I'd love to have dinner with those two. What a world of fascinating stories they must have.
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