An Epic Journey Through Time: Dungeons & Dragons Turns 40
Forty years ago this month, a shoe cobbler named Gary Gygax and a security guard named Dave Arneson published the first version of a game that would change the face of popular culture forever.Appealing...
View Article'Am I Trans?': One Teen’s Quest and How Gaming Helped
This week, we bring you a story of video games and gender. Turns out, despite all of the angst, they can be be an inviting place for a very vulnerable and overlooked subset of young people to explore...
View ArticleEpisode 10: Codebreakers and Baby Oxen
Rachel is back, and she looks GOOD. Doctor Coady is unkillable, it turns out, and the Hendrix household gets another new member. Welcome Helena, you baby ox, you.Then, world-renowned cryptographer...
View ArticleHow Dungeons and Dragons Caused a Media Panic
Dungeons and Dragons has been part of the pop culture canon for decades. But when it gained popularity in the 1980s, several Christian organizations accused the game of leading children to Satanism,...
View ArticleThe Chart That Explains Everyone
Now that Dungeons & Dragons has been around since the 1970s, many former players have gone on to become successful novelists, playwrights, screenwriters and video game designers. And, when you ask...
View ArticleDungeons and Dragons Rolls Into The Classroom
Over the last few years, Dungeons and Dragons has been experiencing a cultural revival, thanks to television shows and podcasts like Stranger Things and The Adventure Zone. But what was once a...
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