You'll be hard pressed to meet someone who hadn't seen/read any of his works (or adaptations of his works). Wow, the world of literature lost a great author today.
RIP, Tom Clancy.
RIP, Tom Clancy.
Author Tom Clancy Passes Away
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I enjoyed the games and movies he was most likely tangentially involved in and read 2 of his books that he may or may not have written and found them alright enough if a little over detailed on the descriptions of doorhandles of submarines.
World is moving on I guess...
World is moving on I guess...
I never read any of his novels, but Ghost Recon (despite me sucking at it) and Splinter Cell are among some of my favorite games. Sure, the plots aren't exactly Shakespearean, but he's a pretty good writer by all accounts and I've always had a damn good time with them.
He will be missed.
He will be missed.
Special Edition Splinter Cell box in T-5, 4, 3,...
Sucks to die so early though, 66 isn't that old. Was it a heart attack?
Sucks to die so early though, 66 isn't that old. Was it a heart attack?
Not a fan of T.C.'s political views being sandwiched into every book he wrote, but I really enjoyed his narrative technique. He was really good at creating tension by drip feeding details of the anatagonists' plot.
I only ever read Rainbow Six because it was the only one to ever grab me right away, I found the rest of his books kind of boring. My dad loves his books though and has read pretty much all of them multiple times. He does have at least one last book coming out in December. I played quite a few of the games based on his work though.
Nope, his name will still be on the box. He worked out a licensing deal with Ubisoft to use his name pretty much without consulting him first.SupahGamuh said:
Probably, humor is a wonderful way to deal with negative emotions. When my mom shot herself most, not all, of my (and my friends) grieving was expressed through humor (often dark). If I am feeling bad why would I want to wallow in the feeling, why would I avoid looking for humor in life?mysecondlife said:
@ DVS BSTrD, That was pretty good. :{D
just 66 years old? fuck, that's early for dying of old age, my grandfather is older than that and he's still skipping about.
Sad to see him go, I enjoyed the games he helped create and I know a classmate who owns every book he ever published.
Sad to see him go, I enjoyed the games he helped create and I know a classmate who owns every book he ever published.
The man who brought us Rainbow 6, before it turned to crap, has passed. Best tactical FPS ever... ok Rogue Spear was best, but still... *silent moment*
Oh I'm not questioning that people have different ways of dealing with loss. and I'm not the one who is easily offended. Its just that DVS bstrd being our resident punster, it gets hard to tell.basm321 said:
It is a pretty good pun despite the circumstances.
Just to be clear, Baltimore was nuked in the terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible film of the book The Sum of All Fears.Sgt. Sykes said:
In the actual book, Denver was the target.
There's been one good, and one sorta-kinda okay Clancy film.
I know where he died, I want to know how. It seems no one is up to this kind of intelligence-gathering stealth mission.arc1991 said:
DVS BSTrD said:
Ooh boy. Too soon man, too soon. XD
Goodbye Mr. Clancy, you will be missed. In his honor I will send one ping, and one ping only.
They haven't released an official cause of death yet. About the only thing they have said is it was an illness. Sadly the conspiracy theory nutters are already tuning up with the idea he was murdered by the "government".Blood Brain Barrier said: