Comments on: Atari bets on Dungeons and Dragons license for 10 more years http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/atari-bets-on-dungeons-and-dragons-license-for-10-more-years/1221/ VTOR - Virtual TO Reality, featuring Second Life Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:40:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta2 hourly 1 By: Sam Chupp http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/atari-bets-on-dungeons-and-dragons-license-for-10-more-years/1221/comment-page-1/#comment-9649 Sam Chupp Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:05:18 +0000 http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/atari-bets-on-dungeons-and-dragons-license-for-10-more-years/1221/#comment-9649 Um, one other thing. D&D is not typically thought of as a <a href="http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/6366" rel="nofollow">board game</a>, even though one was made as its basis. The origins and nature of D&D are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_and_dragons" rel="nofollow">here</a>. People are all the time blaming D&D and other roleplaying games for their bad behavior, and <a href="http://www.theescapist.com/basic_gaming_faq.htm#reputation" rel="nofollow">here</a> is a link about that. Um, one other thing. D&D is not typically thought of as a board game, even though one was made as its basis. The origins and nature of D&D are here. People are all the time blaming D&D and other roleplaying games for their bad behavior, and here is a link about that.

]]> By: Sam Chupp http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/atari-bets-on-dungeons-and-dragons-license-for-10-more-years/1221/comment-page-1/#comment-9648 Sam Chupp Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:01:26 +0000 http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/atari-bets-on-dungeons-and-dragons-license-for-10-more-years/1221/#comment-9648 It's not the game's fault. People can be completely evil without obsessing on video games. How many neglect cases are prosecuted on a nationwide, worldwide basis without having anything to do with games? The parents in this case, in my opinion, are sick and possibly just plain broken. They need to have their kids taken away from them and given to folks who (I know for certain) desperately want kids and have struggled for years to be allowed to adopt them. I deplore what these people did. At the same time, it isn't about the damned game. People want an excuse, they want an explanation for why someone would be so awful. Well, the explanation is clear. These people are mentally ill and they need to be punished, they need treatment, and then they need to *never* be allowed around kids, pets, or even houseplants again. It’s not the game’s fault. People can be completely evil without obsessing on video games. How many neglect cases are prosecuted on a nationwide, worldwide basis without having anything to do with games?

The parents in this case, in my opinion, are sick and possibly just plain broken. They need to have their kids taken away from them and given to folks who (I know for certain) desperately want kids and have struggled for years to be allowed to adopt them. I deplore what these people did.

At the same time, it isn’t about the damned game. People want an excuse, they want an explanation for why someone would be so awful. Well, the explanation is clear. These people are mentally ill and they need to be punished, they need treatment, and then they need to *never* be allowed around kids, pets, or even houseplants again.

]]> By: Kittenanne http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/atari-bets-on-dungeons-and-dragons-license-for-10-more-years/1221/comment-page-1/#comment-9647 Kittenanne Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:05:51 +0000 http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/atari-bets-on-dungeons-and-dragons-license-for-10-more-years/1221/#comment-9647 In regards to the Reno couple, that story has bothered me for days also. I have decided to not have children for completely unrelated reasons but I would think I would at least keep my kids in the same room with me if I were on the computer playing one of my games. What really gets me is if they were so addicted to their games why didn't they use part of the 50K to hire someone to take care of their babies and probably the rest of the house. I'm not new to gaming or hard core MMO playing. I was in a raiding guild in EQ1 which had 5 hour raids a few times a week and smaller raids the rest of the week. It really burned me out. So yes technically I could have been called an addict. What always worried me were the couples that played that had young children and would go on these 5 hour raids. Couples that were new parents and even new fathers would not play as much. All I can say is this was only a matter of time that it got so bad to make the news. In regards to the Reno couple, that story has bothered me for days also. I have decided to not have children for completely unrelated reasons but I would think I would at least keep my kids in the same room with me if I were on the computer playing one of my games. What really gets me is if they were so addicted to their games why didn’t they use part of the 50K to hire someone to take care of their babies and probably the rest of the house. I’m not new to gaming or hard core MMO playing. I was in a raiding guild in EQ1 which had 5 hour raids a few times a week and smaller raids the rest of the week. It really burned me out. So yes technically I could have been called an addict. What always worried me were the couples that played that had young children and would go on these 5 hour raids. Couples that were new parents and even new fathers would not play as much. All I can say is this was only a matter of time that it got so bad to make the news.

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