Maybe he was. The point should be that we should not let the old hangups of previous generations (I’m 51, my father is older than the oldest boomer, and Gary was even older than my dad) soil the enjoyment of something that brings so many together in such an inclusive way. There is no point denying his faults, but there is also no need to be hung up on them. He’s very dead and gone.

51 year old here. I remember the 80’s. Even ten year old me recognized that some things were mean for no reason. I didn’t understand why my mom was so defensive of and everyone else was so derisive of her ex-husband (not my father). He was gay. I noticed bigotry, homophobia, racism, xenophobia, etc. in the most casual ways. I remember eleven year old me laughing my ass off at Sixteen Candles, especially the exchange student, but by my teenage years I was very uncomfortable with the racism, the sexism, and the casual rape thing. I guess being the only child of a single mom who also happened to be a social worker for the poorest people in already poor communities made me more sensitive than others.

My point is that people were shittier in the past, regardless of which point in time you chose to look back from. Hopefully this trend continues and we will be better tomorrow than today. This doesn’t make Gygax a complete piece of shite. It makes him just another guy from 1975.

PS: In 1975, the pushback on feminism was fierce because women were literally changing the nation. Just look at some of John Hughes work in National Lampoon and you’ll be appalled.

I always start with the same word and play on hard mode, so my second word is always different.

Connections
Puzzle #393
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪

Nintendo called her Princess Peach. Rule 34 on 🍑 is on them.

I am 51 years old. I distinctly remember “articles” with headlines like this about arcades and the Atari 2600 when I was a kid. This bullshit never ends.

Time to next puzzle.

Time to next puzzle.

You lease new. You buy pre-owned.