So does this partially vindicate the '80s moral panic - D&D is connected to ritualistic killings, it just happened decades earlier and had nothing to do with what the hysteria claimed it was doing?
I’m going to go with “no” and cite “the linear flow of time”.
It's interesting that if this Doerr theory is true, that means Zodiac really did resemble pop cultural conceptions of him and other Zodiac-inspired fictional killers: a geek, interested in nerdy fantasy hobbies once considered the province of social misfits. But then again, the occult-steeped tone of the letters and the ciphers themselves already gave that impression.
Is there an abnormally high rate of convicted murderers among game developers? Not AFAIK.
Akron/Cleveland area, 1983 tomaybe '87/'89.
And also an extra - a very definite attempt, in public, too.
Again, I don't know what to say.
The concept that this is bothering to me is weird.
(Yes, some of them worked for Tactical Studies Rules).
OT: thanks (sic) now I'm on a slight bummer.
OT2: No, really "Thanks!" - I have not been moved so much in some time. It's great to have this experience!