Part of our salute to Gary Gygax:
Our names are a key piece to our identities, a label of sorts that we carry around with us until the end, and we are remembered by when we’re gone.
It’s just a name, and yet our name is so much more.
My name is Karnatos. No no, that’s not the name my parents chose for me, it’s a name I made up. Would you believe that this alias of mine is 24 years old this summer? Actually, I am having a hard time with this sudden realization. As I sit here at the keyboard typing this up, it baffles me to think that Karnatos is 24.
Where does the name come from? Well, I created the name myself, at the age of 12. I didn’t know it then, but this name would take me on a life-long journey. This is the story of it’s origin…
, as I’m sure many others did. It was a lot of fun and I can remember many of the violent scenes and classic one-liners clearly even today. But it was definitely on the campy side. Sure, I know there was satirical social commentary that may even seem prescient today (warnings of a privatized military, depictions of consumer culture gone wild). But can anyone really say the title, “RoboCop” and keep a straight face?
Part of our salute to Gary Gygax:
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