From this weekend's NYT Opinion section: 

 

Gygax's Influence will be felt for generations of gamers and game creators. 

 

I still remember gathering around an old lunch table at the back room of Galactic Quest and entering the back alleys of Free City, in some ways that was much more fun than any MMOs and in other ways not.

 

Original From NYT: 

http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2008/03/09/opinion/09opart2.ready.html

 Seen via:

Moorgard