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<blockquote data-quote="JollyBGood" data-source="post: 149934" data-attributes="member: 1408">I haven't seen this mentioned here.Anyone catch the trial of the Office Shooting Spree defendant on Court TV?I was amazed to see D&amp;D being the topic of cross examination when the defendant took the stand. (complete with pictures of the defendent's gaming table).What a bizarre story. He's maintaining he was born without a soul and that he struck a deal with an angel. He could 'earn' a soul if he could manage to save 'millions'. So he was sent back in time to Hitler's bunker in 1940 to kill the 7 nazis who engineered the holocaust. (I'm not making this up). Of course the 7 nazis turned out to be his co-workers and the 'bunker' his place of employment. I wouldn't be surprised if this was taken from a published adventure somewhere.His testimony sounded like a typical gamer describing how his character problem solved a solution to an adventure hook.He couldn't used weapons made of 'steele' for some reason and there seemed to be all kinds of self imposed rules as to what he could and couldn't do to accomplish his 'mission'.At one point the commentators pointed out he seemed like he was playing a 'game' when he went on a shooting rampage and asked anyone who had played D&amp;D to email them.Everytime I heard them say &quot;Dungeons and Dragons&quot; I cringed. I half expected the defendent to pull out his dice (or worse a copy of KODT) as he sat there.There was even one guest commentator who commented about the game and 'loner geeks'.Jolly Blackburn</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JollyBGood, post: 149934, member: 1408"] I haven't seen this mentioned here. Anyone catch the trial of the Office Shooting Spree defendant on Court TV? I was amazed to see D&D being the topic of cross examination when the defendant took the stand. (complete with pictures of the defendent's gaming table). What a bizarre story. He's maintaining he was born without a soul and that he struck a deal with an angel. He could 'earn' a soul if he could manage to save 'millions'. So he was sent back in time to Hitler's bunker in 1940 to kill the 7 nazis who engineered the holocaust. (I'm not making this up). Of course the 7 nazis turned out to be his co-workers and the 'bunker' his place of employment. I wouldn't be surprised if this was taken from a published adventure somewhere. His testimony sounded like a typical gamer describing how his character problem solved a solution to an adventure hook. He couldn't used weapons made of 'steele' for some reason and there seemed to be all kinds of self imposed rules as to what he could and couldn't do to accomplish his 'mission'. At one point the commentators pointed out he seemed like he was playing a 'game' when he went on a shooting rampage and asked anyone who had played D&D to email them. Everytime I heard them say "Dungeons and Dragons" I cringed. I half expected the defendent to pull out his dice (or worse a copy of KODT) as he sat there. There was even one guest commentator who commented about the game and 'loner geeks'. Jolly Blackburn [/QUOTE]

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