Sometimes celebrity deaths prompt a shrug and a sigh, but others feel like you've lost a member of your own family, filling you with anger and disbelief. That was my reaction to the passing of actor René Auberjonois. He had the biggest impact on pop culture as the cynical, shape-shifting security officer Odo on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, but René had starred in countless television shows, films, and cartoons prior to that series' 1993 debut. He was the skeleton desperate for wine in The Last Unicorn, Darkseid's scheming servant Desaad in Super Friends, a villain who made Gargamel seem like an angel in the Smurfs Christmas Special... I could go on and on, but the point is that he did a lot of work in his lifetime. He even segued into video games after DS9 was cancelled, playing Janos Audron in the Legacy of Kain series and Mr. House in Fallout: New Vegas.
Despite his talent and his massive body of work, René made time for his fans, meeting them at conventions and talking to them on his Twitter page. I got a few responses to my own questions about his past roles, an honor which I deeply appreciate, and regret that I'll never experience again. René Auberjonois is a man who will not only be remembered for his contributions to film, television, and interactive entertainment, but remembered fondly by those who knew him, or even knew of him.
Random observations on the classic gaming scene, courtesy of the former editor of The Gameroom Blitz.
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