This stuff is total nerd pr0n for the D&D community. Not only does this make stunning use of new technology, but it evolves the whole “pen and paper” gameplay quality of standard roleplaying games and creates a complete digital facsimile of the entire mechanic, from rolling the dice to marking stats on a character sheet. With technology becoming used in this manner, pen and paper RP is going the way of the newspaper. Of course, there will always be those few who prefer the paper medium, but it is very obvious that electronic entertainment is taking over and becoming the new standard.
[on engadget]
I’ve had an inkling to get back into D&D lately, and this just increases that inkling into a yearning. I can’t see D&D in my immediate future, though, because I simply don’t have the time. Apart from that… I don’t have any friends that play! Granted, I only played it for a short time a number of years ago so I would be rusty as heck, but hey… it was fun!