Suspect in slays fan of ‘Dungeons’
By Laurel J. Sweet
Accused campus killer Amy Bishop was a devotee of Dungeons & Dragons - just like Michael “Mucko” McDermott, the lone gunman behind the devastating workplace killings at Edgewater Technology in Wakefield in 2000.
Bishop, now a University of Alabama professor, and her husband James Anderson met and fell in love in a Dungeons & Dragons club while biology students at Northeastern University in the early 1980s, and were heavily into the fantasy role-playing board game, a source told the Herald.
“They even acted this crap out,” the source said.
When questioned about it yesterday, Anderson, 45, a research scientist in Huntsville, Ala., dismissed the egghead escape as “a passing interest. It was a social thing more than anything else. It’s not the crazy group people think they are.”
McDermott studied engineering at Northeastern in the late 1980s, but Anderson said he never met him. Police seized two Dungeons & Dragons books from McDermott’s Haverhill apartment after he shot seven co-workers to death on Dec. 26, 2000.
The popular fantasy role-playing game has a long history of controversy, with objections raised to its demonic and violent elements. Some experts have cited the D&D backgrounds of people who were later involved in violent crimes, while others say it just a game. A federal appeals court recently upheld a prison ban on the game in Wisconsin, where prison officials reportedly testified they were afraid the game could promote “hostility, violence and escape behavior.”
D&D blamed in a murder? Did I just fall through a time warp back to 1982 or something?
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“They even acted this crap out,” the source said.
Quote“They even acted this crap out,” the source said.
Best thing I've read in the last couple hours. :lol
2 books doesn't even come close to being d&d obsessed. smh.
should I die this way I will try to haunt each and every EB member at least once or twice, possibly more.
Responsible journalism at its finest!
By the way, what do you think her stats were, guys? Clearly she's a Smart hero, picked up some Firearms Proficiency, probably had a pretty low BAB, but clearly she's good in the surprise round. Anyway, shotguns do a flat 2d8, maybe a little more at point blank range... hold on, we can stat out these encounters pretty quick. Not sure about the xp, either, since the targets were unarmed and way below appropriate CR for her level...
2 books doesn't even come close to being d&d obsessed. smh.
Seriously, one of my friends has EVERY 3.0 and 3.5 book there is as well as every WOD book.
I'd say hes a bit more obsessed than this guy was.
Erotic hauntings, or otherwise?
Dont come around between the hours of 2-3am
Oh, he'll cum around.
Does he ever "act this crap out"?
Responsible journalism at its finest!
By the way, what do you think her stats were, guys? Clearly she's a Smart hero, picked up some Firearms Proficiency, probably had a pretty low BAB, but clearly she's good in the surprise round. Anyway, shotguns do a flat 2d8, maybe a little more at point blank range... hold on, we can stat out these encounters pretty quick. Not sure about the xp, either, since the targets were unarmed and way below appropriate CR for her level...
I have a game this sunday. I'll try to see if any of them are mad killers
I have a game this sunday. I'll try to see if any of them are mad killers
I have a game this sunday. I'll try to see if any of them are mad killers
You act this crap out!?