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(Copied and pasted from The Escapist Blog - theescapist.com/blog )

Today is my birthday, and what better way to celebrate it than making
a post about the presents I got from my best friend Henry?

Like any good best friend, Henry always seems to find appropriate
birthday presents. This year, he gave me a shirt with hot rods and
guitars all over it, a DVD set of Blacula and Scream, Blacula, Scream,
and a 700-page book by Walter Martin called The Kingdom of the Occult.

It's a very detailed tome on the myriad of occultic threats that we
face every day, from Scientology and Satanic cults to Shirley
MacClaine and MMORPGs (which they incorrectly consider the Doom games
to be). The cover flap tells me that the author passed away in 1989,
but judging from the references to Avatar: The Last Airbender,
Charmed, The Da Vinci Code, and Harry Potter, and the fact that it has
a publication date of 2008, I figure there's been quite a bit of
ghostwriting going on.

Of course, any such book worth its salt would have to include a
reference to roleplaying games. Dungeons & Dragons gets two brief
mentions in the book, one of which is a "case study" of a woman who
experienced some supernatural phenomena in her house after her husband
began playing D&D:

http://www.theescapist.com/kingdomoftheoccult1.jpg

Keep those warning signs in mind - if your windows are rattling and
the basement people start hating you, it may be time to get rid of
your gaming books and dice.

The other reference bugs me a bit, however:

http://www.theescapist.com/kingdomoftheoccult2.jpg

Actually, that is incorrect. I have given very much thought to what I
am sharing with others when I offer to let them try roleplaying. If I
knew for a moment that I was sharing something dangerous with my
friends, my daughters, or the kids that I run adventure games for at
conventions every year, then I wouldn't do it. There is no "spiritual
deceit" here. Only good, honest fun, that you really needn't be afraid
of.

Even the basement people can tell you that.

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