This episode of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy is brought to you by Empire of Imagination,

a book length biography of Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons.

Learn more at Empire of Imagination.com. Wired.com presents the geeks guide guide

presents the geeks guide to the Galaxy.

And here is your host, David Barr-Kirtley.

Hello and welcome to episode 207 of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

Our guest today is David Kushner.

His articles have appeared in Wired, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Spin, and Salon.

And he's also the author of several books about video games, including Jacked, which

explores the controversy surrounding Grand Theft Auto, and prepare to meet thy Doom, a collection of magazine articles about

video games.

And we'll be speaking with him today about one of my all-time favorite books,

Masters of Doom, which tells the amazing true story behind the creation of the classic video game Doom.

And today's show is brought to you by Empire of Imagination, Gary Gygax, in the birth of Dungeons and Dragons.

This is a terrific book-length biography of Gary Gygax, co-creator

of Dungeons and Dragons, and it was written by Michael Whitworth, who joined us for our panel on

the history of Dungeons and Dragons back in episode 170.

Empire of Imagination is out now in paperback,

and this new edition features an introduction written by John Romero,

co-creator of Doom.

Dungeons and Dragons is a cornerstone of geek culture, and Gary Gygax was a brilliant

colorful personality, a fixture of the Wisconsin War Gaming scene who turned his unusual hobby

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