Another "blame it on D&D" story

[kinem]

It couldn't have been D&D that caused it because she didn't take their stuff.

 

[Marius Delphus]

FWIW, I haven't noticed any mention of D&D in the local media since the shooting, even though the investigation has brought to light many other facets of the alleged shooter's past.

This amid a real "school violence" worry that includes a middle-school shooting one week before the UAHuntsville shooting.

 

[Theo R Cwithin]

It couldn't have been D&D that caused it because she didn't take their stuff.

ding! ding! for the win!

 

[Moon_Goddess]

And now look how man of us have now clicked that link and looked at that page.

The Boston Herald got paid for every one of us, looks like that "reporter" did a real good job...

 

[CleverNickName]

Wait, wait...are you people telling me that the Boston Herald still has readers? who take it seriously?! Give me a break.

 

[Relique du Madde]

The Boston Herald got paid for every one of us, looks like that "reporter" did a real good job...

 

[Herschel]

*edit: need to post sooner so jokes aren't basically already said*

 

[Mournblade94]

If it's Google-based ads, I can understand this.

The key thing for me is, I'm not really angry at the insinuation about D&D, but rather I find it annoying, much like I found it annoying when reporters would use the "Pow, Bam!" terms when talking about comic books. It shows an ignorance of popular culture, and while I have some expectation of that when a new fad appears, after a few decades pass, not so much.

UGGGH!!!! You have pinpointed one of my biggest pet peeves with journalists! I agree completely!

 

[Mournblade94]

MY wife will probably murder me today. I downloaded the Transformer's Animated movie soundtrack from the 80's, with songs like "the Touch."

I am playing it while she's cooking dinner now. I am getting looks. And she has knives.

INSTRUMENTS OF DESTRUCTION!

 

[Cyronax]

I, for one, applaud the journalist for doing her part to return American journalism to it's roots: sensationalistic, muckraking, badly-written, poorly though-out and most assuredly non-professional.

Then again, I can be a little cynical sometimes...

Remember the Maine!

Iraqi WMD!

This kind of crap will always pop up. Remember all the stories about people neglecting their kids due to online frpgs?

Neglected child dies while parents play World of Warcraft. This isn't gaming news. (about WoW).

Reno Couple Neglect Children to Play ... - analog RPG'ers - tribe.net (about D&D online game).


I forgot to pay my cable bill last month because I was snowed in and too busy reading EN World.