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<blockquote data-quote="Lakesidefantasy" data-source="post: 8560576" data-attributes="member: 6682043"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081455/" target="_blank">Scanners</a>. The 1981 film is a reflection of the zeitgeist* of that era when the United States and the Soviet Union were supposedly seriously researching this stuff as possible weapons of war or tools of espionage (hey, exactly when did psionics enter Dungeons and Dragons?). We were excited about parapsychology (particularly extrasensory perception and telekinesis) and we thought it was cool. We also thought Dungeons and Dragons was cool, so we rolled it up in the game and we smoked it (even if it choked us a little). The same thing happened with monks and barbarians then, and superheroes and punk rock today.But, the Cold War is not Dungeons and Dragons...'twas reality. We had other game systems for reality--like Star Frontiers**, Top Secret, and DC Heroes. But nobody played those games, so Dungeons and Dragons eventually had to become all things to all people with the simple disclaimer, &quot;If you don't like it, you don't have to use it.&quot; Dirty Words! That's not how it works. If we put it in the game, then it's in the game. And, we play it. And we wonder, &quot;Why is this in the game?&quot;* Is that the right way to use that word?** Well, maybe not Star Frontiers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lakesidefantasy, post: 8560576, member: 6682043"] [URL='https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081455/']Scanners[/URL]. The 1981 film is a reflection of the zeitgeist* of that era when the United States and the Soviet Union were supposedly seriously researching this stuff as possible weapons of war or tools of espionage (hey, exactly when did psionics enter Dungeons and Dragons?). We were excited about parapsychology (particularly extrasensory perception and telekinesis) and we thought it was cool. We also thought Dungeons and Dragons was cool, so we rolled it up in the game and we smoked it (even if it choked us a little). The same thing happened with monks and barbarians then, and superheroes and punk rock today. But, the Cold War is not Dungeons and Dragons...'twas reality. We had other game systems for reality--like Star Frontiers**, Top Secret, and DC Heroes. But nobody played those games, so Dungeons and Dragons eventually had to become all things to all people with the simple disclaimer, "If you don't like it, you don't have to use it." Dirty Words! That's not how it works. If we put it in the game, then it's in the game. And, we play it. And we wonder, "Why is this in the game?" * Is that the right way to use that word? ** Well, maybe not Star Frontiers. [/QUOTE]

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