Wil Wheaton Drops Dungeon Column

[Asmo]

I´ll miss Wil´s column, that´s for sure.

Asmo

 

[DaveMage]

::shakes head disappointedly::

What can I say - it's been a long thread...

 

[the Lorax]

I liked Wil Save.
It was usually the first thing I read (rather than just scanned through) when I got the new issue in the mail.

I too would rather see Downer go that Wil Save, but I suppose thats not really the issue here, because there isn't a choice being offered.

I trust Erik Mona enough that I believe that whatever replaces the article will be of some use or intrest.

Just because I dont care for Downer, and would rather not see it inside my Dungeon issue, does not mean that it is not something of interest - news.

Indicating that suicide would be "interesting" in any way is clearly unsettling at best and revolting at worst.

For what its worth.

 

[DonTadow]

Back to the subject

When will this take place? I would think that a few Dungeon magazines are probably complete and Will had some columns already in the bag?

 

[JoeGKushner]

I think it was more so that a majority found it either interesting or didn't care. It was only the lively bunch of complainers that vocalized anything. It's sad when you got to consisently say you like something for it to say when all it takes is a few naysayers to get something canned.

Then again, that is how this country was founded. Polls around the time of the constitutional signing showed that american's were split in the 30 percents as whether they wanted to be their own country or separte. 20 to 25 percent of people didn't give care. So I guess sometimes a rambunctious minority is good.

But this is true on a number of areas.

Speak out against something that's "in", such as the Dixie Chicks did, and those who should support you because you're claiming you don't like the same things as they do, will leave you high and dry. As the Chicks and many actors were.

 

[Henry]

^^ Not negative enough I'm afraid!

We could always bring back that "Smackin' Mona Around" idea of yours...

I have to say that, and Erik's "God-Tyrant of Dungeon", are the two funniest things I've seen here in a week.

 

[Mark]

It's the age old struggle of two clans battling for the right to spell their name with either a "c" or a "k"...

 

[diaglo]

It's the age old struggle of two clans battling for the right to spell their name with either a "c" or a "k"...

don't forget the "q" contingent.

diaglo "coq sportif" Ooi

 

[Banshee16]

This thread makes me sad for two reasons.

1. I really liked Wil's column. To add to the chorus, it's the first thing I read each month.

2. It forcibly reminds me that there are gamers out there who want to actively eschew even a single page of content in a gaming magazine that isn't specifically rules or adventure content. That, gawd forbid, a gaming magazine should occasionally contain lively and interesting commentary on the hobby or, gosh, allow a celebrity (one who's a celebrity outside the gaming realm, to boot) to put a human face on a hobby that's now just over 30 years old and influenced countless other media, yet is still looked at with derision, not to mention one in which almost no one can earn a decent living.

It makes me wonder if all the great gaming buddies I have are really the minority, and I'm simply lucky, and that, otherwise, we gamers are antisocial nitwits who deserve all of the ridicule heaped upon us.

"We have met the enemy, and they is us."

You can't please all of the people all of the time....but you can please some of the people some of the time. And the squeaky wheel gets the grease.

I'm not saying I was a huge fan of the column.....but I didn't dislike it either. I did read it when I got Dungeon mag.

Unfortunately, the people who complained evidently got the attention. Maybe if they put another gaming article in there, those of us who want a bit more than crunch should right in and complain that there are not enough editorials

Banshee

 

[reveal]

No no no. you have to say something that may test the crediblity of Dungeon magazine as well. Like me and dungeon magazine are boobs.. geesh he'll never come back at this rate.

You sir, uh, have man boobs.


How's that?