"I started playing around the end of the Satanic Panic, so it was the devil's game and all that," said Zach Ares-Deterding, now 37, of South Philadelphia. "Then, in high school, we played as part of the drama club. When I got to college, that was the first time I encountered the stereotype of the sweaty, greasy dude with the neck beard and Motorhead T-shirt. I was like: Wait, am I a nerd? But now, it's getting more socially acceptable."