Old School Gamer Dies
From CNN:
Chess master Bobby Fischer, one of the greatest chess players in history, has died, a spokesman for the World Chess Federation confirmed to CNN Friday. He was 64.
Not being a student of “the game,” I’m completely unqualified to write anything close to an obit for the man who brought so much color and controversy to the game. So I’ll settle for just a few observations.
As famous for his anti-semitism and caustic comments after the September 2001 attacks as he was for his unmatched chess skills, Bobby Fischer was as controversial as he was colorful. And while he probably never held a guitar-shaped input device, hunted Merlocks, or kicked Hibby ass, Fischer did advance the notion of the game as entertainment (and perhaps even spectacle), and I’m sure both the game industry and game players of all types have benefited in some small way from his life.
People like Bobby Fischer invariable leave their marks on the world in ways we may never fully understand. When they die, they leave a hole we also may never fully understand. And so Bobby Fischer will perhaps not be remembered in fondness by many, but he will be collectively missed by those of us who love nothing more than to sit in one place for hours on end, using our brains and imaginations for the sheer joy of kicking ass.
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January 18th, 2008 at 10:45 am
Yes, finally I am the first.
And no Friday night movie?
Anyway, nice post. I am like that, don’t like sports but can sit at one place and be rather boring.
February 1st, 2008 at 5:35 am
Amber, How’s the writer’s block coming?
February 2nd, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Amber only writes for money now.
February 2nd, 2008 at 9:34 pm
New post Monday, I promise!!
February 5th, 2008 at 7:13 am
Douglas Adams
February 5th, 2008 at 8:02 am
Yeah, it’s quiet. Too quiet. It’s really hard to Lurk when there’s tumbleweeds gathering around you!
Although better for a block to clear than try to flush it out….. might get messy!
February 5th, 2008 at 9:24 am
I’m just trying to up the comment count on this post.
Okay okay I know, I know. I’m really going to try hard to get this damned post up this afternoon. Someone start rounding up the tumbleweeds, and someone else get some Pledge and some paper towels because this no-posting silliness just will not stand!
February 6th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
Liar! Liar! Pants on fire.
February 7th, 2008 at 7:00 am
Honestly, this has gone on for too long. I mean, a writers strike is one thing, but depriving us of our Amber is just cruel and unusual punishment.
February 7th, 2008 at 8:02 am
Is it really writer’s strike or just Amber trying to get some personal time off and using the strike as an excuse? Need to give her a break I think.
A blog every day can be stressful, unless you are the French King Louis XVI, who wrote diaries everyday but most of them are only “Nothing new today” etc, even the day before the French Revolution, after which he got executed months later.
February 7th, 2008 at 10:04 am
I allowed Amber to lie motionless for almost two weeks before I started poking her with a stick to make sure she was alive. I just want to make sure that there hasn’t been a strange turn of events and now she is being held captive in Bob Saget’s basement.
February 8th, 2008 at 7:22 am
Checking in. No, nothing to do with the writers strike. Just trying to get my shit together. REALLY going to try to post something substantive Monday.