{"id":246,"date":"2017-03-08T23:12:07","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T23:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hazardgaming.com\/?p=246"},"modified":"2017-03-09T02:37:33","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T02:37:33","slug":"the-dungeon-masters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hazardgaming.com\/index.php\/2017\/03\/08\/the-dungeon-masters\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dungeon Masters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0988086\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-249 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/hazardgaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/MV5BOTU4NjgxNTUzOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwOTA4NjMxMw@@._V1_SY1000_CR006431000_AL_-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Dungeon Masters\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hazardgaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/MV5BOTU4NjgxNTUzOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwOTA4NjMxMw@@._V1_SY1000_CR006431000_AL_-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/hazardgaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/MV5BOTU4NjgxNTUzOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwOTA4NjMxMw@@._V1_SY1000_CR006431000_AL_.jpg 643w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I had not seen the trailer before I\u00a0watched <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0988086\/\">The Dungeon Masters<\/a>\u00a0this weekend. Consequently\u00a0I went in thinking it&#8217;d be a documentary about three different Dungeon Masters doing their thing in the context of their life. And it was, for the most part. It was also a brutal affair that left me feeling uncertain about the extent to which it mirrored my own connection to the hobby and the people I\u00a0have played\u00a0with.<\/p>\n<p>All three people the documentary followed were not what I would consider average roleplayers. They certainly possessed characteristics traditionally associated with the stereotypes of roleplaying but the portrayal created a theme that roleplayers, were damaged, powerless people. No counterpoint was offered and the documentary was poorer for it.<\/p>\n<p>What was most interesting about the film was watching the trailer afterwards. The film it promised was not the same as the one I saw. This is hardly a new thing but, without spoiling it, I recommend watching the film and then the trailer included with the bonus features.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, I think roleplayers will find it interesting but, like me, unsettling.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had not seen the trailer before I\u00a0watched The Dungeon Masters\u00a0this weekend. Consequently\u00a0I went in thinking it&#8217;d be a documentary about three different Dungeon Masters doing their thing in the context of their life. And it was, for the most part. It was also a brutal affair that left me feeling uncertain about the extent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hazardgaming.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hazardgaming.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hazardgaming.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hazardgaming.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hazardgaming.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/hazardgaming.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":258,"href":"https:\/\/hazardgaming.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions\/258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hazardgaming.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hazardgaming.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hazardgaming.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hazardgaming.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}