AD&D is evil I tell you, you are invoking SATAN himself/herself

[XMan]

Donald, I understand where you're coming from.

But to blame the game itself, to call it inherently bad, is a mistake. The type of game is generally determined by the players in it and the referee ("dungeon master", since you're a neophyte).

I have been in games that could have been stories straight out of heroic legend . . . struggling to defend a kingdom against the forces of evil. The difference between the world of AD&D and the real world is the fact that our world is viewed in shades of gray. The world of AD&D is black and white. People are either good or evil, and generally, when they're evil, they're completely evil.

Are there games like the ones the article describes? Sure, but they're usually populated by people like the Columbine killers, and they're in the vast minority.

 

[convex]

I take it plays and movies have been condememd on that site aswell?

 

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<< 3. Physical torture and killings-images in the mind can be almost as real as the actual experiences. Focus of the games is upon killings and torture for power, acquisition of wealth, and survival of characters. >>



-nooooooooobody expects the spanish inquisition!

 

[convex]

i know this is like three posts in a row, but this pertains...i just got done reading down to this part...



<< D&amp;D player (14 years old) Sean Sellers was convicted of killing his parents and a convenience store clerk in Greeley, Oklahoma (1/11/87). He is the youngest inmate of death row in the country as of this writing (22 now). His involvement in hard-core Satanism began with D&amp;D, according to his own testimony. Praise the Lord, he is now a Born Again Christian! >>



My parents used to be (still am) friends with Sean's biological mother, and the kid was just fscked up. This was during the height of the D&amp;D witch hunt and oklahoma is deep biblebelt country. It sounded really good to blame the satanism and d&amp;d on the fact that he got his ass whooped everyday comming home from school and just wasn't accepted in that fscked up little hick town. His parents just split and his father was a dick (or so my parents tell me)... i wonder how many times the prosecuter had to ask &quot;was it the d&amp;d son? was it the evil d&amp;d that made you do those things?&quot; before he came up with an answer..

 

[JellyBaby]

You know what's funny and a tad ironic? I picked up more ethical standards and solid values from D&amp;D and fantasy/adventure/sci-fi literature than I ever did attending sunday school and church.