It was never a fair fight between fundamentalist Christianity and D&D. One was a dangerous system full of dark mysticism and threats to warp a young mind beyond repair, and the other was a tabletop RPG.

This article doesn't have enough adjectives in it. You need things like 'scary', 'terrifying' and 'dangerous' to fulfill the necessary Gawker requirements for posting about projectile weapons.

Our matchsticks will block out the sun.

To prevent the spread of disease, maybe?

Probably because corpses are health hazards.

This was a bit of a surprise.