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Clearly, whatever she's hiding in her hair is the real villian...

Started by Angry_Douchebag, February 17, 2010, 03:57:21 PM

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flyingmice

#1
February 17, 2010, 04:17:51 PM
Lord! I'm from Boston, and you wouldn't believe how much press this ting is getting! Unreal. They've *got* to find some new angle on it...

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#2
February 17, 2010, 04:24:38 PM
Aw hell.  Its hysteria like this that makes me want to take up spelunking.
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#3
February 17, 2010, 04:53:59 PM
I wonder if the game that encouraged her to take level advancement into her own hands was Mentzer red box, AD&D 1st edition, a tattered woodgrain set with an extra folder of extra-realistic rules or 4e. Hm. :hmm:
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#5
February 17, 2010, 05:15:11 PM
Does this mean it is too soon now for me to introduce my new Forge story-game, "School Angst" where you try to see how far you can get academically before you build up enough angst to go postal?
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#6
February 17, 2010, 05:30:08 PM
This might just make RPGs popular again. It was that way the last time, anyways.

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#7
February 18, 2010, 12:51:59 AM
My favorite reader comment for the day, by a fellow named Yellowphant:
Quote from: YellowphantGrade school, college, you name it. School is the one thing all these school shooters have in common. We should do a study on the number of school shootings in third world countries without any schools. I'm willing to bet the number is close to zero.
I can't tell if that's intentional, or simply well intended, but that was funny as hell.

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#8
February 18, 2010, 01:12:02 AM
It's bread that makes people murder. 99.95% of murderers have all eaten bread. Most people who have never eaten bread have never committed murder. Clearly, bread is the culprit behind murders.

Bah. I can barely find the energy to sarcas. Real reporting is dead in TV and newspapers.
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#9
February 18, 2010, 01:22:06 AM
I've met far more rabid/scary sports fans in my time than insane game-geeks.
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#10
February 18, 2010, 02:21:10 AM
Quote from: Peregrin;361293I've met far more rabid/scary sports fans in my time than insane game-geeks.
Yeah, but, dude, they just beat each other up and tear down defenseless street decorations.  We're talking cold-blooded, calculated murder.

See? I think it's the math.  Pastimes that require number-crunching lead to sociopathy.  That's why I switched to mechanics-lite gaming years ago.

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arminius

#11
February 18, 2010, 08:45:30 AM
The author of the io9 article is herself engaging in a little bit of sensationalism. I mean the Herald is a third tier paper at best, possibly more in the NY Post league. Nobody cares what they say.

(Incidentally Newitz was a friend of a friend at Berkeley. She wrote some really weird/bad articles for the anime club newsletter.)

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#12
February 18, 2010, 09:51:14 AM
Now, that I've read the comments if I ever do go on a shooting rampage I'll have to yell things like "NATURAL 20 BITCH" and "MAXIMUM DAMAGE" and "ARE YOU MINIONS OR BOSSES?"

Just to make sure they know it was because I played D&D.
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#13
February 18, 2010, 10:04:50 AM
Quote from: Ian Absentia;361296Yeah, but, dude, they just beat each other up and tear down defenseless street decorations.  We're talking cold-blooded, calculated murder.

See? I think it's the math.  Pastimes that require number-crunching lead to sociopathy.  That's why I switched to mechanics-lite gaming years ago.

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February 18, 2010, 10:39:05 AM
Quote from: David Johansen;361321Now, that I've read the comments if I ever do go on a shooting rampage I'll have to yell things like "NATURAL 20 BITCH" and "MAXIMUM DAMAGE" and "ARE YOU MINIONS OR BOSSES?"

Just to make sure they know it was because I played D&D.

That's funny.
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