D&D, once at the center of a moral panic, is now seen as an antidote to screen addiction.

Could D&D Help Fight Screen Addiction? | Full Report Retro Report on PBS

Premiered October 08, 2019
Could D&D Help Fight Screen Addiction? | Full Report

Parents worry about the latest video games, like Fortnite. A generation ago, Dungeons and Dragons was the game that seemed like a menace. But in a surprising twist, its role-playing strategies are now seen as a counterbalance to the problem of screen addiction.

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Retro Report on PBS

Retro Report makes sense of the present by revealing the past. Join journalists Celeste Headlee and Masud Olufani as they connect the present to the past through four distinct and varied stories, and New Yorker humorist Andy Borowitz adds his signature wit.

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