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<blockquote data-quote="Obryn" data-source="post: 4444297" data-attributes="member: 11821">Yeah, I think a point some of the younger folks reading this thread might be missing is that, if you were a gamer in the 80's this was very, very serious.It might look quaint or ridiculous in the rear-view mirror.&nbsp; Indeed, it is.&nbsp; But major media outlets, churches, schools, and many parents basically swallowed Pat Pulling's arguments wholesale.Like, above, where The Grumpy Celt's mom burned his gaming books.&nbsp; This wasn't just &quot;Oh, look at the silly things people used to believe!&quot;&nbsp; I mean, people nowadays get hysterical about violent video games - but the anti-D&amp;D sentiment back in the 80's was more prevalent.The mid-80's and early 90's had a lot of obsession with satanism.&nbsp; If it wasn't gaming, it was backtracked messages in heavy metal.&nbsp; And then came the satanic ritual abuse witch hunts...I'm glad my folks knew I was a good kid, and clearly not trying to summon demons in my bedroom.&nbsp; I lucked out. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />-O</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Obryn, post: 4444297, member: 11821"] Yeah, I think a point some of the younger folks reading this thread might be missing is that, if you were a gamer in the 80's this was very, very serious. It might look quaint or ridiculous in the rear-view mirror. Indeed, it [I]is[/I]. But major media outlets, churches, schools, and many parents basically swallowed Pat Pulling's arguments wholesale. Like, above, where The Grumpy Celt's mom burned his gaming books. This wasn't just "Oh, look at the silly things people used to believe!" I mean, people nowadays get hysterical about violent video games - but the anti-D&D sentiment back in the 80's was more prevalent. The mid-80's and early 90's had a lot of obsession with satanism. If it wasn't gaming, it was backtracked messages in heavy metal. And then came the satanic ritual abuse witch hunts... I'm glad my folks knew I was a good kid, and clearly not trying to summon demons in my bedroom. I lucked out. :) -O [/QUOTE]

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