Graduate Studies course on D&D?

[Dannyalcatraz]

M:TG is one of very few things linked to the gaming hobby that has actually been aired as an event on television.

That is BIG.

(For the record, Black Knight, I hold a Juris Doctor from a top 20 law school, and a specialized MBA from a program that is #2 of its kind.)

 

[Joshua Randall]

I hereby submit for doctoral thesis consideration:

Magic: the Gathering as an Economic Model of Narcotic Distribution
Subtitled -- It's Called 'Cardboard Crack' for a Reason

Heh!

 

[nakia]

I hereby submit for doctoral thesis consideration:

Magic: the Gathering as an Economic Model of Narcotic Distribution
Subtitled -- It's Called 'Cardboard Crack' for a Reason

Heh!

This could be a fun game. Here's my doctoral thesis title (not my real doctoral thesis title, but the one I would have written were I to write about D&D):

Alignment, Axioms, and Fantasy Tropes: Moral Decision-Making in Role Playing Games
Subtitled: "I Didn't Spend All Those Years Playing Dungeons and Dragons and Not Learn Something About Courage."

 

[diaglo]

Subtitled: "I Didn't Spend All Those Years Playing Dungeons and Dragons and Not Learn Something About Courage."

what's the reference for this quote? i coulda sworn i heard/read it somewhere before...

 

[mhacdebhandia]

One of the Lone Gunmen on The X-Files, I believe.

 

[davidschwartznz]

One of the Lone Gunmen on The X-Files, I believe.

Also, the latest ad for the PHB. Apparently turnabout is fair play when it comes to geeky references.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

One of the Lone Gunmen on The X-Files, I believe.

Nope. It was the X-Files, but it was in the episode 'Jose Chung's "From Outer Space"' (episode 3.20). When the Men In Black (played by Jesse Ventura and Alex Trebek) break into a geek kid's bedroom to question him, that's what he says to them.

 

[Prince Atom]

No, it's what he says to Mulder and Scully while describing the encounter with the MIB.

There is an afterschool program involving D&D. I have wondered, why not one with M:TG?

All in all, study of the decline and rise of D&D as a business model is a bit too yawn-inducing in me. After all, I'm just a lazy English Lit Bach. I much prefer talking about it online, it's much more educational in the way I want to be educated about it.

TWK