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Demonizing Dungeons & Dragons

2021/4/16
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Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

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Anna Egbert
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Dallas Egbert III
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Neil Postman
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Patricia Pulling
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Tim Harford
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William Deere
一位外科医生
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William Deere:作为一名经验丰富的私家侦探,我调查了James Dallas Egbert III的失踪案。起初,我怀疑是自杀,但随后我发现了一些奇怪的线索,指向当时还鲜为人知的桌游《龙与地下城》。我深入调查了这个游戏,并试图理解它对年轻人的潜在影响。最终,我找到了Dallas,他患有严重的抑郁症,曾试图自杀。 一位外科医生:我的侄子Dallas是一个天才少年,他热爱学习,失踪前没有任何离家出走的迹象。他的失踪让我非常担心,我求助于William Deere来寻找他。 Tim Harford:这个故事揭示了人们对不理解的事物产生的焦虑。媒体对《龙与地下城》的报道含糊不清,加剧了公众的恐慌,导致各种谣言四起。人们将一系列青少年自杀事件与这个游戏联系起来,这是一种典型的道德恐慌。实际上,《龙与地下城》本身并没有什么问题,它只是被赋予了过多的含义。 Patricia Pulling:我的儿子Irving Pulling自杀身亡,我相信《龙与地下城》游戏与他的死有关。这个游戏包含恶魔学、巫术、巫毒教等内容,对青少年有极大的负面影响。 一位警察局长:我将一起青少年自杀事件归咎于《龙与地下城》游戏,因为我相信这个游戏会让人沉迷其中,无法自拔,最终走向死亡。 Tipper Gore:据我所知,《龙与地下城》游戏与近50起青少年自杀和凶杀案有关。 Dallas Egbert III:我确实喜欢在蒸汽管道中消磨时间,也喜欢玩《龙与地下城》游戏。在游戏中,我可以扮演不同的角色,暂时忘记我的个人问题,这是一种很好的逃避方式。 Anna Egbert:Dallas的失踪事件并没有媒体报道的那样戏剧化。他只是离家出走,因为他患有严重的抑郁症。 Neil Postman:传播媒介会潜移默化地影响人们的思想,人们对《龙与地下城》的恐慌,也与媒体的报道方式有关。

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The investigation into James Dallas Egbert III's disappearance begins with a phone call to private detective William Deere, who explores various theories including suicide and involvement in a mysterious game called Dungeons & Dragons.

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When James Dallas Egbert III was reported missing from his college dorm - one of America's most flamboyant private detectives was summoned to solve the case. "Dallas" had many of the same problems that most teenagers face - but P.I. William Dear stoked fears that he might have fallen under the evil spell of a mysterious and sinister game.... Dungeons & Dragons.

The global panic about the dangers the role-playing game posed to impressionable young minds may seem quaint 40 years on - but again and again we show how fearful we are of creative endeavours we don't quite understand.

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