I think the book you mean may be Mazes and Monsters, which is unfortunately very sensationalist, and bears about as much relationship to the average gaming group as a Hollywood thriller with an Islamist villain does to the home life of most British Muslims.
As far as 'the potential dangers' of roleplaying games go, perhaps this link may be of interest: Myths About Roleplaying (http://members.aol.com/waltonwj/faq_myths.htm). It is very unfortunate that so many people are so ill-informed about what is basically a healthy, social hobby, if a somewhat geeky one - and that they don't go to the trouble of seeing whether their prejudices are justified.
Myself, I think that constructing alternative personas online, creating elaborate family relationships between them, and faking their deaths, is considerably more unhealthy.
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Date: 2007-03-28 08:33 pm (UTC)As far as 'the potential dangers' of roleplaying games go, perhaps this link may be of interest: Myths About Roleplaying (http://members.aol.com/waltonwj/faq_myths.htm). It is very unfortunate that so many people are so ill-informed about what is basically a healthy, social hobby, if a somewhat geeky one - and that they don't go to the trouble of seeing whether their prejudices are justified.
Myself, I think that constructing alternative personas online, creating elaborate family relationships between them, and faking their deaths, is considerably more unhealthy.