Boston Herald: Killer Was a D&D Player!

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1. William on 16.02.2010 at 15:45

   A much more salient point would be that she was described by coworkers as a liberal fanatic who was obsessed with Barak Obama. Oddly enough, this was also reported in the Boston Herald.

   http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20100215oddball_protrait_emerges_suspects_family_pals_offer_clues/srvc=home&position=0

2. Manuel Crist on 16.02.2010 at 17:54

   Cool. I’m glad that we’re seeing all the articles of “evils” of D&D. You know what? You get more publicity and fans when people are told about the “horrors” of D&D than reading interviews of the media picking out the fat unwashed dorks attending a gaming convention in their Star Trek uniform that’s two sizes too small for them and got food stains all over it.

   Back in the 80’s, telling your Mom that you played D&D was like saying that you’re into selling your soul to the devil and like disappearing down steam tunnels. Nowadays, telling your Mom that you played D&D would be her wondering if you’ll ever move out of the basement and get a job or kiss a girl.

   A quick way to get people interested in something is to give it shock value, so let the Boston Herald say what they want about D&D, the more shocking the better. It’s either that or the stinky dork above–take your pick.

3. Micah Liebert on 17.02.2010 at 09:42

   I Have to disagree with Manuel. There is another option where the hobby becomes more and more mainstream because the people who engage in that hobby are portrayed as people engaged in a creative and enternaining past time like many other socially acceptable hobbies. I don’t see why games of any stripe should resign themselves to the belief that their hobby will always carry a stigma of some sort.

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