Stephen Colbert on Gygax

[Dias Ex Machina]

Oh my god. I guess my Web-Fu is not nearly as good as I thought. I bow down. Colbert is an uber-gamer.

 

[vectner]

If geekdom and D&D did go hand in hand geeks would already rule the world.

It does and we do.

 

[johnnype]

As I mentioned on the RPG.net message boards, Anderson Cooper (360) also mentioned Gary Gygax last night. He also confessed to being a "D&D geek" back in the day.

Edit:

Found it! You can see video of last night's show here:

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/pod...ef=videosearch

At about the 24th minute he states:

Anderson Cooper: "You know I heard sad news today that the guy who invented Dungeons & Dragons passed away. Do you remember...

Erica Hill: "I saw that as well..."

AC: "I was a big Dungeons & Dragons geek. I admit it."

EH: "Really?"

AC: "Yes I was."

 

[Fifth Element]

Here's the clip for any Canucks out there. Comedy Central doesn't allow us to view their clips.

http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/the-colbert-report/full-episodes/march-5-2008/#clip36287

 

[Maldin]

Jimmy Kimmel also mentioned it in his monologue last night. Unfortunately I didn't catch the entire reference.

Denis, aka "Maldin"
Maldin's Greyhawk http://melkot.com

 

[KaosDevice]

We are legion!



While I am sad about Gygax's passing I am glad that it is bringing some of the gamers out of the wood work.

 

[Dire Lemming]

Anderson Cooper: "You know I heard sad news today that the guy who invented Dungeons & Dragons passed away. Do you remember...

Erica Hill: "I saw that as well..."

AC: "I was a big Dungeons & Dragons geek. I admit it."

EH: "Really?"

AC: "Yes I was."

EH: "Wow..."

AC: "What?"

EH "I've suddenly lost what little respect I had left for you completely."



Hmph, he didn't really make a comment about Gary Gygax, just a comment about "that guy who invented Dungeons and Dragons." :\

 

[Thunderfoot]

To be frank, I was less than pleased that most left-wing media outlets covered this event. In most cases it was like some sick joke at the least and more of a 'how pathetic that people still care' in the other direction.

Though Stephen Colbert probably would have handled things a little differently, (He did eye the crowd a bit when the LAUGHED at the news) I still think I'm glad I missed this last night or I might have gotten extremely angry.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

To be frank, I was less than pleased that most left-wing media outlets covered this event.

I am befuddled at how this could possibly be seen as a left wing/right wing issue.

 

[Wycen]

Though Stephen Colbert probably would have handled things a little differently, (He did eye the crowd a bit when the LAUGHED at the news) I still think I'm glad I missed this last night or I might have gotten extremely angry.

Colbert has mentioned DnD before so he wasn't being a jerk. He did write a bit for the 30th anniversary DnD coffee table book, if I recall correctly.