Wil Wheaton Drops Dungeon Column

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

Wil's column was my favorite part of Dungeon... though, I always wondered why it was in Dungeon and not Dragon.

I loved all the stuff about his stepson. It always warmed my heart just a little. I believe his first column actually made me cry a little. But - I'm a wussy, misty-eyed, cry-at-almost-anything type of gal.

 

[KaosDevice]

I liked Will Save but really felt it belonged more in Dragon then Dungeon, but that might just be me. I'm more with the 1 sheet on doiley collecting.

 

[Darkness]

Add "elitist" [to shallow and insensitive] and you have the majority (at least 51%) of the Dungeon subscriber base.

Please refrain from resorting to insulting blanket generalizations. Thanks. This goes for everyone, in case it needs to be said.

 

[TerraDave]

I know very little about Star Trek, and even less about any behind-the-scenes stuff. How did he throw it away? (I've always been under the impression that the fans despised his character so much that his character went away, which doesn't sound to me like he had much say in the matter.)

They took the charecter in a different direction (ultimately off the ship) that made him less important and less annoying. But it is my understanding that he left after a dispute with the producers. I don't know how much he was really "throwing away" at that point.

 

[ecliptic]

Noooo.

Dammit the first article I read when I open Dungeon. Sometimes I never read anything but that. That sucks.

 

[JPL]

They took the charecter in a different direction (ultimately off the ship) that made him less important and less annoying. But it is my understanding that he left after a dispute with the producers. I don't know how much he was really "throwing away" at that point.

He quit as a series regular, as I understand, because the producers wouldn't accomodate his schedule with regard to a movie he wanted to do. So Wes left for the Academy, and was seen infrequently thereafter. His later guest episodes were uniformly excellent, though, as Wes became more flawed and fallible.

But the damage was done, since we'll always remember how the doctor's son got to pilot the ship when he was 16, at a time when even non-commissioned officers [much less non-Starfleet boy geniuses] supposedly weren't allowed on the bridge at all.

 

[thalmin]

I am also sad to see Wil's column go. First thing I read in each issue.

Wil, best of luck to you.

 

[The_Universe]

I liked Wil's column, and I read it first (as did apparently many here) after recieving my copy of Dungeon.

You can bitch and moan all you want about losing space for adventures, but we're talking about 1 page, here, people.

So, Erik and/or Wil - I liked the column, my wife liked the column, and it's too bad it's got to go.

 

[diaglo]

You can bitch and moan all you want about losing space for adventures, but we're talking about 1 page, here, people.

apparently, we don't have to bitch and moan. the column wil be gone.

 

[Ariddrake]

I'm very sad to see Wil's column go, I read it every month. It only took up one page, it was at the end on the magazine, and from his writing you can tell that he loved the games he wrote about. All the people that keep whining about his star trek character really should move on with their lives.