gcreptile 10,972 Posted November 29, 2023 Chinese gamer dies after streaming five nights in a row: https://metro.co.uk/2023/11/29/gamer-paid-stream-240-hours-dies-working-five-nights-a-row-19898417/ Not the first case. He was being paid to do the night shift. The company offers 550 Pounds in compensation. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted December 19, 2023 Fallout and Elder Scrolls content creator Mitten Squad has died at 27: https://www.pcgamesn.com/mitten-squad-dead He dealt with health problems and alcohol use. I finished Skyrim last week and survived. I have now moved on to Starfield. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted January 4 Bryan Ansell, co-creator of Warhammer Fantasy Battle and the leader of Games Workshop through the late 1980s, died December 30th. He was 68. https://www.polygon.com/24023687/bryan-ansell-warhammer-co-creator-obituary 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,530 Posted January 10 Jennell Jaquays reported dead on her GoFundMe aged 67. Had a very lengthy career in gaming, from being behind the first conversion of Donkey Kong for a home console (Colecovision) in 1982, through to being a level designer on various Dooms and Quakes over the years and an art director for Age of Empires. Also did some stuff involving Dungeons and Dragons but I have no idea what any of that is. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 13 Adam Duncan, co-founder of Australia's League of Geeks and a respected art director, concept artist and animator, has died. https://www.gamedeveloper.com/art/obituary-league-of-geeks-co-founder-adam-duncan-has-passed-away 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted March 18 Mutsumi Inomata, an illustrator and character designer for video games, died March 10th. She was 63. https://www.gamedeveloper.com/art/obituary-mutsumi-inomata-tales-character-designer-died-at-age-63 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted March 19 X/Twitter reporting the death of American game designer and fantasy author James M. Ward. Edit: obit: https://www.enworld.org/threads/d-d-luminary-jim-drawmij-ward-passes.703205/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted March 20 Michael 'BrolyLegs' Begum, a competitive gamer most notably associated with Street Fighter, has died. He was 35. Since birth, Begum suffered from arthrogryposis, which impacted his limbs and joints and left him largely immobile. https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2024/mar/19/brolylegs-passed-away/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted March 21 Jim Ward, a long-time designer for the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop game, has died. He was 72. https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/obituary-jim-ward-dungeons-dragons-designer-died-at-age-72 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,641 Posted March 21 3 minutes ago, alt obits guy said: Jim Ward, a long-time designer for the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop game, has died. He was 72. https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/obituary-jim-ward-dungeons-dragons-designer-died-at-age-72 You reported him dead 2 days ago, 2 posts above this you total muppet. 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tracy 2,406 Posted March 21 Wow. Hope Dungeons & Dragons designer Jimmy Ward doesn't bite it then. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Commtech Sio Bibble 2,046 Posted March 21 2 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: You reported him dead 2 days ago, 2 posts above this you total muppet. A self-Dunning, is this a first? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted March 21 7 minutes ago, alt obits guy said: Jim Ward, a long-time designer for the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop game, has died. He was 72. https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/obituary-jim-ward-dungeons-dragons-designer-died-at-age-72 Self for already posting this. 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,641 Posted March 21 17 minutes ago, Commtech Sio Bibble said: A self-Dunning, is this a first? Could be. Don’t recall it happening before. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted May 31 Geoff Follin, British composer of music for games on the Commodore 64, NES, SNES among others, reportedly dead from pancreatic cancer aged 57/58: Often worked with his brother Tim Follin. Works include Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade, Gauntlet III, Super Off Road, Spiderman And The X-Men In Arcade's Revenge, Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends and Batman Forever. 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted June 2 On 31/05/2024 at 03:52, YoungWillz said: Geoff Follin, British composer of music for games on the Commodore 64, NES, SNES among others, reportedly dead from pancreatic cancer aged 57/58: Often worked with his brother Tim Follin. Works include Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade, Gauntlet III, Super Off Road, Spiderman And The X-Men In Arcade's Revenge, Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends and Batman Forever. Exceot that the X obit from his brother never mentions anything about being a composer. How would you have ever known that unless you too are a total nerd? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted June 2 1 hour ago, Sir Creep said: Exceot that the X obit from his brother never mentions anything about being a composer. How would you have ever known that unless you too are a total nerd? The Follin Brothers are lauded for their early music for games - sometimes it is the best bit. Oh, and Google. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wannamaker 1,407 Posted June 2 11 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: The Follin Brothers are lauded for their early music for games - sometimes it is the best bit. Yeah, their best work was on Silver Surfer imo. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted August 20 Currently live: the first gameplay reveal for Civilization VII. Sid Meier is now 70 years old, so quite old for a game developer. His face is coloured quite sickly. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted September 3 Andrew Greenberg, co-creator of the Wizardry RPG series has died at 67: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/co-creator-of-wizardry-andrew-c-greenberg-has-died-aged-67 It's one of the 2-3 core RPG "franchises" in gaming history. The Wizardry series also had a strange afterlife in Japan where it has tons of off-shoot games. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Grimace 359 Posted September 3 7 hours ago, gcreptile said: Andrew Greenberg, co-creator of the Wizardry RPG series has died at 67: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/co-creator-of-wizardry-andrew-c-greenberg-has-died-aged-67 It's one of the 2-3 core RPG "franchises" in gaming history. The Wizardry series also had a strange afterlife in Japan where it has tons of off-shoot games. And he's immortalized as the evil wizard Wernda in the first game. Fond and frustrating memories of playing this series. I had pages and pages of square ruled paper for mapping out the dungeons. A true dungeon crawler where you had to roll your character. Spells that gave you no clue what effect they'd do. Enemies with attacks that had no effect or caused no damage, but would call for help until you buckled under sheer numbers (Creeping Coins). Chests with traps that even the best Thief or Ninja would be killed due to triggering a trap on attempted inspection or misidentification. Teleporting into solid rock due to misreading coordinates. Endless grinding for levels against Murphy's Ghost. Random treasures and trophies needed to pass checkpoints. The horror of realization your party was too weak to make it back to town and died one by one on the attempted return journey - and you could visit their grave on the next trek down to the unknown. Finally made it to Wernda? The chances an instant death spell or attack would work and take out at least one of the six of your party was assured. Classic games on the PC. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted September 23 On 18/06/2022 at 09:28, gcreptile said: "Skyrim Grandma" Shirley Curry wants Bethesda to release the sequel before she dies. She's 86 years old now, good luck! https://metro.co.uk/2022/06/17/skyrim-grandma-wants-to-play-elder-scrolls-6-before-she-dies-16844533/ And yes, she has a Wiki page: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Curry She suffered a stroke earlier this year, deleting many gaming memories from her harddrive. According to her latest video, Shirley Curry is retiring from making gaming videos. She'll have eye surgery (actually today): https://www.ign.com/articles/beloved-skyrim-grandma-retires-from-making-gameplay-videos-at-88-years-old She also feels too tired to do more, tired of it, tired in general, maybe both. She might still do normal videos though. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
