What’s Age Got to Do With it? (Numbers 13, Joshua 14)
As a massive fan of the previous Metal Gear games, I was giddy with anticipation of the reveal of Metal Gear Solid 4 and the return of the hero of […]
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Finding God in Video Games
Pokemon GO: Go into all the world and catch them all! (Luke 5:1-11, John 21:1-6)
So, Pokemon Go has infected my household and sent my daughter running off to find a copy of her Pokedex and launched my wife into a never ending quest to […]
Portrait of a Team Killer (Matt 26:48, John 21)
Finally, after a long hard week at work you settle down to enjoy a few brief moments of gaming with your online friends. The need to mow the lawn in […]
Do You Believe in Cake? (1 Kings 22, 2 Chronicles 18)
Portal. A game that began as a simple tech demo and became a franchise all of its own, complete with memorable characters, one of the great ending theme songs of […]
Reflections on Deus Ex and how to be “In The World But Not Of It” (John 17:14-18)
Cyberpunk is one of my favorite genres in both gaming and non-interactive entertainment. Few games have attempted to nail this setting, and fewer still have gotten it right. But then […]
A Co-op Cross to Bear: When Jesus Needed a Partner (Luke 23)
I have professed my love of co-op gaming before, but there are games that are enabled for cooperative play and then there are titles that are BUILT for them, and […]
E3, Half-Life 3, and the Mercy of Unanswered Prayer (2 Kings 20)
It’s that time of year again, the season of hope and dreams for gamers across the world, the biggest spectacle in the gaming industry: The Electronic Entertainment Expo, better know […]
Much Ado About Minecraft: When You Just Don’t Get It (John 21, Acts 9)
It is embarrassing to admit this, but I have a somewhat sketchy track record when it comes to predicting the success of a gaming franchise. On one hand, I was […]
To Infinity and Beyond: When the Well Runs Dry (1 Kings 17)
It’s always a sad day when a developer closes their doors, an intellectual property fails, or a game gets cancelled. When the news comes suddenly and without warning it is […]
A Comic Conflict: Too many Avengers in the Kitchen
We are in the midst of comic nirvana, as we see movies that we once only dreamed of seeing such as Marvel Civil War and Batman v Superman land on […]
Finding God in Video Games 