Category Archives: Dungeons & Dragons

Titles of Interest – Dangerous Games: What the Moral Panic over Role-Playing Games Says about Play, Religion, and Imagined Worlds

September 24th, 2014 | Posted in Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy, fantasy role playing games, games, religion, Titles of Interest

Dangerous Games: What the Moral Panic over Role-Playing Games Says about Play, Religion, and Imagined Worlds (University of California Press, 2015), by Joseph P. Laycock. The 1980s saw the peak of a moral panic over fantasy role-playing games such as Dungeons and Dragons. Before you read the rest of this article, you might want to […]

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Dungeons & Dragons and Ancient Bestiaries

September 22nd, 2014 | Posted in Dungeons & Dragons, fan cultures, fantasy, fantasy role playing games, geek cultures

Religion Dispatches recently published an interesting article by Robert Geraci that contrasts the The Monster Manual from Dungeons & Dragons with ancient bestiaries and tales of monsters and miracles. The essay is titled “Monstrous Futures: Dungeons & Dragons, Harbinger of the “None” Generation, Turns 40.” Two quotes of note: “We wish for an enchanted world, […]

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Forthcoming Dungeons & Dragons Documentary

August 15th, 2012 | Posted in Dungeons & Dragons, fan cultures, fantasy, fantasy role playing games, geek cultures

Dungeons and Dragons is one of the most influential, and controversial games of the 20th century. A forthcoming film aims to tell the story in Dungeons & Dragons: A Documentary, produced by Andrew Pascal, Anthony Savini, and James Sprattley. See the story on the film and some background on D&D in an essay in WIRED […]

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Review and Commentary: Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks

March 7th, 2010 | Posted in Dungeons & Dragons, fan cultures, fantasy, Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks, fantasy role playing games, geek cultures

Not long ago while I was reflecting on the layers of significance underlying Avatar and its connection to fantasy, I first became aware, through Cinefantastique Online, of an article by Ethan Gilsdorf touching on these topics which he had written for Psychology Today. I was intrigued by the insights that Gilsdorf brought to the subject […]

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