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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 7650684" data-attributes="member: 99">I don't watch most of those shows (my wife and I did start watching Big Bang Theory via Netflix and we're enjoying it) but I've seen clips of some of the examples you cite.  I'm sort of on the fence like you are.  I like that they are showing D&D as a fun, group activity and not something to hide away.  But yeah those inaccuracies stick out like a sore thumb.  I don't see how they are adding anything to the humor of the show and they'd be easy to fix.  I guess I tend to see a lot of the same inaccuracies with other geek activities too, like when they show the guys playing WoW on BBT.  So at least in those moments I don't feel that D&D is being singled out.All in all though, I guess I'm at least a little pleased that the gaming hobby is getting some exposure in a way that isn't purely negative.  It was awfully hard to find those kinds of portrayals a couple decades ago.</blockquote>