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« on: February 17, 2010, 03:12:05 PM »
Or perhaps D&D just provokes the worst in amateur journalists.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1233150

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« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2010, 07:19:28 PM »
I think the journalist got shouted down pretty well in the comments...

The shooter was a nutcase.  Some gamers are nutcases, in what I would expect is an average nutcase:normal ratio.
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« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2010, 10:40:11 PM »
I went there to give them a piece of my mind, but 95 people had gotten there before me and torn the article apart pretty well.  I hope someone at the Herald takes notice and dresses down the author for her shoddy work.
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« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2010, 10:46:58 PM »
Also, see this discussion we've had in the past on this kind of nonsense.

http://www.youmeetinatavern.com/index.php?topic=1757.0
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« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2010, 03:41:27 AM »
The fifteen pages of comments is worth reading though.  And name checking.  I saw Monte Cook replying there, and Phil Brucato.  (Phil Brucato isn't well known, but he's the ex-roommate of an old friend of mine, so it was weird seeing his name in the comments section of a random link.) 
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« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2010, 06:07:46 PM »
Yes, I thought the comments did a great job of blasting the article apart. I hope that the Herald does print a retraction of some sort.
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« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2010, 05:13:39 PM »
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