YPSILANTI, Mich – Graham Bennett, an Eastern Michigan University Alumni, has recently been introduced into the world of Dungeons and Dragons. Although his first experience was over a year ago, he has grown from a N00b (a new player) into a significantly more advanced player who DMs (dungeon masters) as well as still plays regularly.
Although Graham has been a gamer, so to speak, as soon as he had the fine motor skills to operate a Super Nintendo controller almost twenty years ago, he has only recently been involved in tabletop RPGs (role playing games). “My thought on the game (Dungeons and Dragons) was that of nervousness, I didn’t know what to expect and I did not want to give into that schema,” Bennett said. This schema which he was referring to was that of the stereotypical “Nerd” who plays these types of games, and is looked down on for what they do.
“I was not particularly worried about any kind of demonic influences, like some people seem to be,” Bennett said. “I knew that wasn’t the problem. I was worried of how people would act toward me once they knew I played.” Although he was somewhat apprehensive of this stereotype, he decided to give it a shot.
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