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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tarrasque Wrangler" data-source="post: 1085864" data-attributes="member: 7473">Hey now.  Comedians thrive on exaggeration the way an accountant thrives on his calculator.  It's a tool of the trade.  Besides, all the gamers I know watch and love Conan, and were probably thrilled to see him zing us.  To me, getting zinged by Conan while hearing one of the biggest movie stars around talking about his D&D character all add up to "positive exposure" in my book.  There's a big difference between a late-night clown like Conan taking playful potshots at the gamer stereotype, and some hell-bent mother of a drug-addicted, mentally unbalanced son who killed himself unleashing a crusade on a gamer stereotype that has NEVER existed.Regarding Conan's insensitivity: Since you mentioned you don't watch his show much, I can tell you he spends half of an average show making fun of himself.  He really rips on himself sometimes.  So I have no problem when he makes fun of something I cherish, because I know he doesn't mean any harm by it.</blockquote>