Lightning bolt! Lightning bolt! On the 30th birthday of Dungeons & Dragons, BBC News wonders whether anyone still plays the grandfather of geek games. Joshua Turton, 29, says yes:

"I get to be braver, stronger, wiser, smarter, faster, handsomer, and just generally more than I am in real life. I can perform miracles, save damsels, slay dragons, cast spells, right wrongs, raid tombs, drink ale, and live dangerously."