http://metablargh.blogspot.com/2009/...c5aba4b50d7a9c
I saw this while I was looking up about all this hype about D&D:4E. I know Vin Diesel played D&D because he seemed pretty open about it. And a few of them I can see whereas they may have played at one point some PnP RPG but there are others that I'm wondering...."Dave Chappelle, really?? Nu-aahh!" Anyways, even if most of that isn't true, it was still kind of funny to read. I did a little cross-referencing so, apparently, there is some weight to this. I am not sure if I believe all of this entirely, though. Hahaha...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons
in "References in Popular Culture":
Tim Duncan??? Whaaaa?
I saw this while I was looking up about all this hype about D&D:4E. I know Vin Diesel played D&D because he seemed pretty open about it. And a few of them I can see whereas they may have played at one point some PnP RPG but there are others that I'm wondering...."Dave Chappelle, really?? Nu-aahh!" Anyways, even if most of that isn't true, it was still kind of funny to read. I did a little cross-referencing so, apparently, there is some weight to this. I am not sure if I believe all of this entirely, though. Hahaha...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons
in "References in Popular Culture":
"As the popularity of D&D grew throughout the late 1970s and 1980s, the game was referenced more and more in popular culture. Numerous games, films and cultural references based on D&D or D&D-like fantasies, characters or adventures have been ubiquitous since the end of the 1970s. Typically, though by no means exclusively, D&D players are portrayed derogatively as the epitome of geekdom.[124] References to the game are used as shorthand to establish characterization or provide the punch line of a joke.[125][126] Famous D&D players include professional basketball player Tim Duncan, comedian Stephen Colbert, musician Moby, and actors Vin Diesel, Matthew Lillard, Mike Myers, Patton Oswalt, Wil Wheaton and Robin Williams."
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