Dear Diary,

So the Norway shooter has said that he played 16+ hours a day of World of Warcraft and Call of Duty to 'train'. You know, cause killing digital lizardmen with a dancing sword activated by clicking a mouse is in so many ways similar to shooting a high-capacity rifle into a crowd. It totally see the correlation and training a video game can provide for operating real firearms in real life. The anti-gaming community is about to unleash the dogs of war again.

Personally I think shoot 'em up (or is WOW's case, smite 'em up) games have gotten enough wacky hype from clearly deranged people trying to blame something else. I think Dungeons and Dragons should call dibs on the next crazy person looking for a scape goat. Remember when D&D used to be the bad-boy game? I do. Those were the days. You showed someone your school bag with the Players Handbook and The Complete Book of Halflings and the FEARED you, man. Now we're just lumped in with all the other nerdy hobbies.

Acid-Reflux

8:51 a.m. - 2012-04-20