If a politician was very vocal about the evils of Dungeons and Dragons and it was revealed that he regularly played CRPGs, would the media call the resulting scandal Baldursgate?

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No, because that would be too clever and only nerds would get it. But I like where your head is at.

You would be the first. I don't like where my head is at

Modest proposal, disenfranchise all normies. Utopia awaits.

God I hate their obsession with calling everything -gate

I blame Heaven's Gate and OceanGate.

Not sure if you're joking but the original "-gate" = political scandal was the break-in at the DNC headquarters in the Watergate Hotel by people connected to the Nixon administration.

So this is either a TIL or "I met a pedant with no sense of humor on the Internet" moment for you

Oh, you mean Watergategate?

It's super annoying. So annoying that I now get my news exclusively from what written on bathroom stalls at the Lowe's on Silver Drive.

Whoever this Trump guy is, people have very strong opinions about him

Probably something simpler like "Dragon Gate"

Oh, but since DND is bad, they should call it BadDragonGate

If I rush to make a game called that before the news comes out, can I accuse them of slander or some sort of wrongful use of a trademark?

I could see "dnd gate" or even "nerd gate" to be retro. Hell, could end up as "gamer gate" for maximum "fun"

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