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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Croesus" data-source="post: 5445899" data-attributes="member: 35019">To be honest, I'm finding it very difficult to come up with anything other than computer RPG's, which clearly tend to use many of the D&D tropes. But American culture is far more than CRPG's. The occasional reference to "D&D" in a TV show displays pretty much zero impact on culture. I suspect if the game has had any significant impact, it's far more subtle. The types of stories that get written, for instance, or the unconscious elements that current writers bring to shows that originated in the gaming of their youth. But overt elements in today's culture that tie directly back to D&D, outside of the small niche of actual players? I just don't see it. I'd argue something like Star Trek or baseball or simply the concept of "Spring Break" has far more influence, by a factor of about a million or so.</blockquote>