There are many bands out there who like to play loud, ass-kicking, speaker-bursting music with thrashing guitars and pounding drums. Surprisingly, or perhaps not, most of them are total geeks. They may look like hard-ass biker leather fetishists, but in reality they're just D&D and Lord of the Rings nerds who hope that if they sing about dwarves and elves loud enough, people will think they're tough and not pick on them anymore. He was almost cool. Then he opened his mouth. Although I'm sure we could list thousands of bands that could fall into the genre, I'm just going to list The Top 4 Bands That Write Songs Based on Their D&D Campaigns. Actually, they're just my 4 favourites, but whatever. 4. Iron Maiden Seriously, how many kids back in the 80s ran home after school to play D&D and listen to Iron Maiden? Well, probably not THAT many, but if you're reading a blog about role-playing games and you're over 30 years old, you know what I
Thanks for the link! Be sure to check out my original article (this is what IO9 linked to), as well. It's at suvudu.com.
ReplyDeleteI'm a lifelong gamer and was utterly incensed by Laurel J. Sweet's idiotic insinuations. That post, in some ways, was a response to that.
I put a link to the original article.
ReplyDeleteWhen I read the Laurel J. Sweet piece all I could think was, is it 1982, and is Patricia Pulling going to start appearing on TV again. It's absolutely ridiculous what people still believe about DnD.
Great article.
There's been a lot of words of warning from RPG bloggers who are also authors saying that D&D can delude DMs (and sometimes players) into thinking that they have what it takes to become a writer. I disagree in some respects. It makes sense that someone who is creative and imaginative would get into the hobby, but I don't see sense in discouraging would-be writers from trying.
ReplyDeleteThere's been a lot of words of warning from RPG bloggers who are also authors saying that D&D can delude DMs (and sometimes players) into thinking that they have what it takes to become a writer. I disagree in some respects. It makes sense that someone who is creative and imaginative would get into the hobby, but I don't see sense in discouraging would-be writers from trying.
ReplyDeleteI put a link to the original article.
ReplyDeleteWhen I read the Laurel J. Sweet piece all I could think was, is it 1982, and is Patricia Pulling going to start appearing on TV again. It's absolutely ridiculous what people still believe about DnD.
Great article.
Thanks for the link! Be sure to check out my original article (this is what IO9 linked to), as well. It's at suvudu.com.
ReplyDeleteI'm a lifelong gamer and was utterly incensed by Laurel J. Sweet's idiotic insinuations. That post, in some ways, was a response to that.
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