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* [[The Scrappy]]: Some readers of the magazine ''hated'' [[Noah Antwiler]]'s column "A Gamer's Rant on the Movies". It drew a number of complaints, largely from readers who seemed to be [[Completely Missing the Point|taking the column seriously]]. For a while, its' page was printed with a dotted line down the side, with instructions to readers on how to cut out the page if they did not like it. Despite the support of Jolly Blackburn, who thought Noah's rants about bad sci-fi and fantasy movies were funny, the column was canceled after an on-line poll on the Kenzerco forums declared it the most hated part of the magazine.
** The replacement column, ''Gaming The Movies'', qualifies as well. Ignoring the fans of [[Noah Antwiler]]'s original column who are still petitioning for his return, there is a vocal portion of the fan base who claim that the column is little more than an instruction manual on how to rip-off things you saw in a movie and use them in your game.
*** As [http://looking2dastars.livejournal.com/167438.html one comic book critic noted] regarding the ''Gaming The Movies'' column in '''KODT #158''', ''...they discuss the ''[[Underworld (
* [[Straw Man Has a Point]]: Bob's dad seems harsh and unreasonable for forbidding Bob to game, but given that Bob ultimately gets fired from his job for feigning illness too many times to game, it seems he has a point, at least about Bob.
* [[Values Dissonance]]: The comic spoofs an era of [[Tabletop Games]] which had a much more adversarial relation between the players and Dungeon Masters than modern games. Players of more modern RPGs might end up being confused at the [[Comedic Sociopathy]] that takes place on both ends.
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