Living in Wisconsin, I had the chance to game a couple of time with both Gary and Dave at some of the much smaller fan-oriented gatherings in and around Lake Geneva, the original home of D&D and TSR, and I can tell you firsthand what creative geniuses these two men were. Everybody knew Gary; not as many knew Dave. But the world is much poorer right now without the two of them around.

The best part of the AP article about Dave’s passing, though, was that it was finally being mentioned what their contribution means to the modern world in the form of computer gaming and MMO’s– a little recognition finally is going a long way.