Oh child, the origins of the dread gazebo are much older than that. It comes from The Tale of Eric and the Dread Gazebo from Richard Aronson about game from sometime in the early 1970s. You can read about on the Wikipedia here.

As a Level 1 Human with no class, I would also recommend Munchkin, especially Munchkin Warhammer 40,000.

As for that last part... its true I am.