 Although the film brought much attention to the murder of Von Stein, devotees of the role-playing game "Dungeons & Dragons" have criticized it for unfairly placing blame of the murders upon the game.The three perpetrating friends were supposedly fanatics.The film unethically featured the actual Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st-edition rulebook (which by then was a multi-million best-seller) but with a piece of artwork visibly pasted into the pages of the book (depicting an orc with a dagger and backpack similar to the ones in the murder depicted), implying that it had caused the murders.