Do All Roads Lead to Giants? (Deut 2, Genesis 6)
This was definitely the largest boss I had ever faced in any video game to this point. As I stared up at the mountainous enemy I was about to battle, […]
Another Year, Another Madden: Why We Reject the Manna (Exodus 16, Numbers 11)
The video game industry is nothing if not cyclical, and for good reason. Launching a new intellectual property carries an exceptionally high cost and massive risk as new game engines […]
The Infinite Warfare Conundrum: When you Can’t Win for Losing (Acts 28)
In the gaming industry there is a soothing clockwork that occurs throughout each year in a console cycle… The early prototype leaks devoured and fawned over by the press, the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Finding God in Video Games 