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Do Role‐Playing Games Promote Crime, Satanism and Suicide among Players as Critics Claim?

1994; Wiley; Volume: 28; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.0022-3840.1994.2802_67.x

1540-5931

Kurt Lancaster,

Gothic Literature and Media Analysis

The Journal of Popular CultureVolume 28, Issue 2 p. 67-79 Do Role-Playing Games Promote Crime, Satanism and Suicide among Players as Critics Claim? Kurt Lancaster, Kurt Lancaster Kurt Lancaster received his M.A. degree in Theatre from the University of Maine in 1991 and his B.A. in English from Principia College in 1989.Search for more papers by this author Kurt Lancaster, Kurt Lancaster Kurt Lancaster received his M.A. degree in Theatre from the University of Maine in 1991 and his B.A. in English from Principia College in 1989.Search for more papers by this author First published: Fall 1994 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-3840.1994.2802_67.xCitations: 6AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Works Cited Adler, Jerry and Shawn Doherty. Kids: The Deadliest Game? Newsweek 9 Sept. 1985: 93. "At a Games Convention, Fun and Fantasy Reign. The New York Times 26. Blankenship, Loyd. GURPS Cyberpunk. Eds. Steve Jackson and Creede Lambard. Austin : Steve Jackson Games, 1990. Branwyn, Gareth. Computers, Crime, and the Law. The Futurist Sept.-Oct. 1990: 48. Brooke, James. A Suicide Spurs Town to Debate Nature of a Game. The New York Times 22 Aug. 1985, sec. B: 1. Caywood, Carolyn. Rescuing the Innocent: The Lure of Dungeons and Dragons. School Library Journal. Mar 1991: 138. Carroll, James L., and Paul M. Carolin. Relationship Between Fantasy Game Playing and Personality. Psychological Reports 64 (1989): 705–06. DeRenard, Lisa A. and Linda Mannik Kline. Alienation and the Game Dungeons and Dragons. Psychological Reports 66 (1990): 1219–22. Dear, William. The Dungeon Master. Boston : Houghton-Mifflin, 1984. DeWitt, Karen. Fantasy Game Finds Unimagined Success. The New York Thimes 3 Oct. 1979, sec. 3: 5. "Dungeons and Dollars. The New York Times 2 Nov. 1980: 19. Elshop, Phyllis Ten. D&D: A Fantasy Fad or Dabbling in the Demonic? Christianity Today 4 Sept. 1981: 56. Fine, Gary Alan. Shared Fantasy: Role Playing Games as Social Worlds. Chicago : U of Chicago P, 1983. Hall, Carla. Into the Dragon's Lair. Washington Post 28 Nov. 1984, sec. F: 1. Hamilton, Robert. Game is Target of Fight in Putnam. The New York Times 26 May, 1985, sec. 23: 4. Harlan, Christi, and Michael W. Miller. Computer-Game Maker Sues U.S Government Over Office Raid. Wall Street Journal 3 May 1991, sec. B: 7. Holmes, John Eric. Confessions of a Dungeon Master. Psychology Today Nov. 1980: 844. Ivans, Molly. Utah Parents Exorcize 'Devilish' Game. The New York Times 3 May 1980: 8. Jackson, Steve. GURPS. 3rd ed. Austin : Steve Jackson Games, 1988. "Judge Dismisses Fantasy Games Suit. Washington Post 20 Sept. 1984, sec. A: 38. Kellman, Jerold L. Games to Magazines to Children's Books is the Multimillion-Dollar Wisconsin Saga of TSR. Publishers Weekly 8 July 1983: 34, 35. Lynwander, Linda. 'D & D' Plus Sci-Fi. The New York Times 7 Oct. 1979 sec. 11: 10. Moramarco, Sheila Sobell. Ogres and Monsters Take Over the Campus. Parade 27 Jan. 1980: 4, 5. Nicholson, Louise. Dicing with Dragons and Destiny. The Times Saturday 11-17 Dec. 1982: 1. " Parents Sue Game's Maker. Washington Post 16 June 1984, sec. B: 2. Raschke, Carl. Painted Black. San Francisco : Harper and Row, 1990. Shuster, William G. Critics Link a Fantasy Game to 29 Deaths. Christianity Today 17 May 1985: 64+. Simon, Geoffrey. Dungeons and Dollars. Forbes 15 Sept. 1980: 137+. Stackpole, Michael A. Role-playing and the Real World. Editorial. Dragon July 1991: 6. "Steve Jackson Games, Inc. v. United States Secret Service" (No. A 91 CA 346 SS). West's Federal Supplement 816 (1993): 432–44. Toffler, Alvin. Future Shock. New York : Random, 1970. Citing Literature Volume28, Issue2Fall 1994Pages 67-79 ReferencesRelatedInformation