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In news that has thousands of wives saying "who?", Gary Gygax died this morning at the age of 69.

Gygax is well known by former teenage boys everywhere as the co-creator of the classic fantasy role playing game Dungeons and Dragons. While I was never into it as much as some (and some really get into it), I did play somewhat regularly through jr. high and into high school and have fond memories of late nights and epic campaigns.



This is also the second obituary type post here in as many days. I don't like these and I think I have had enough of them for a while - so no more dying!!

Jelly Battle is an oddly fascinating game by Logitech where you take control of a little Jelly Guy who jumps around the gameboard. Anticipate the movements of your Jelly enemies (jellimies?) and strike when you have the opportunity.

The nice thing is that games only take a few minutes. The bad thing is that those minutes can easily add up and turn into hours.

A nice tutorial is provided before you jump into multiplayer. Although you do have to register eventually, it's just an email and there is no verification.

I didn't heed the warnings and now I'm hooked. Look for Spike in game, but watch out, I'll hit you with my purse if I get the chance.

SB